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<H1>Boost Test Library</H1>
<P class=epigraph>"Test everything that could possibly break"</P>
<P class=epigraph>XP maxim</P>
<P class="page-toc"> <A href="#Introduction">Introduction</A><BR>
<A href="components/index.html">Components</A> </P>
<P class="page-toc-indented"> <A href="components/execution_monitor/index.html">Execution
monitor</A><BR>
<A href="components/prg_exec_monitor/index.html">Program Execution Monitor</A><BR>
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<H2><A name="Introduction">Introduction</A></H2>
<P class="first-line-indented">The Boost Test Library provides a matched set
of components for writing test programs, organizing tests in to simple test
cases and test suites, and controlling their runtime execution. The <A href="./components/prg_exec_monitor/index.html"> Program
Execution Monitor</A> is also useful in some production (non-test) environments. </P>
<H2><A name="ReleaseNotes">Release notes</A></H2>
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<LI>Zero
arity function template based test case </LI>
<LI>Custom
exception translators support in execution monitor and register_exception_translator added
for unit test framework </LI>
<LI>Test
cases dependency support </LI>
<LI>Added
support for multi-module unit tests in automatic registration facility </LI>
<LI>Floating point comparison algorithm reworked (Is not backward compatible!!!) </LI>
<LI>First failed assertion support</LI>
<LI>Added support
for custom users predicate returning both boolean result code and possibly
error message </LI>
<LI>Major documentation structure rework and update</LI>
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<P>For more details see complete <A href="release_notes.html#v1_31_0">release
notes</A>.</P>
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