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Boost's internal regression test suite produces the
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<a href="../status/compiler_status.html">compiler status tables</a>.
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+<p>Although not ordinarily run by Boost library users, it is documented here for
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+the benefit of Boost developers, and for Boost users porting to a new platform.</p>
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<h2>Requirements</h2>
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-The test suite has been design according to the following requirements.
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+The test suite has been designed to meet to the following requirements.
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<ul>
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<li>Pure ISO C++, no tools required except a C++ compiler.
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<li>Support for tests which expect an error
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@@ -239,7 +241,13 @@ the platform.
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You also need to configure the compilers available on your platform in
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"compiler.cfg" as described above.
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-<p>
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+<p>You may need to add an entry for the compiler to <a href="../boost/config.hpp">boost/config.hpp</a>,
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+but only if entries for the compiler is not already present, and the compiler
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+doesn't fully conform to the ISO C++ Standard.</p>
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+<h2>History</h2>
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+<p>The regression.cpp test program was contributed
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+by Jens Maurer, generalizing and improving an earlier program by Beman Dawes.</p>
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<hr>
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2001-01-30<br>
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<a href="../people/jens_maurer.htm">Jens Maurer</a>
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Beman Dawes