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Re: [RFC] [PATCH] simple C++ tests
Tom,
It looks like you did not include the build path in the unit test build
configuration. I'm getting a build error when the unit test is enabled:
[ 33%] Building CXX object
tests/pns/CMakeFiles/test_node.dir/test_node.cpp.obj
In file included from
C:/msys64/home/wstambaugh/src/kicad-trunk/pcbnew/pcbnew.h:33:0,
from
C:/msys64/home/wstambaugh/src/kicad-trunk/pcbnew/class_track.h:34,
from
C:/msys64/home/wstambaugh/src/kicad-trunk/pcbnew/router/pns_via.h:28,
from
C:/msys64/home/wstambaugh/src/kicad-trunk/pcbnew/router/pns_line.h:33,
from
C:/msys64/home/wstambaugh/src/kicad-trunk/pcbnew/router/pns_segment.h:32,
from
C:/msys64/home/wstambaugh/src/kicad-trunk/pcbnew/router/pns_joint.h:31,
from
C:/msys64/home/wstambaugh/src/kicad-trunk/pcbnew/router/pns_node.h:37,
from
C:/msys64/home/wstambaugh/src/kicad-trunk/tests/pns/test_node.cpp:7:
C:/msys64/home/wstambaugh/src/kicad-trunk/include/fctsys.h:37:20: fatal
error: config.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [tests/pns/CMakeFiles/test_node.dir/build.make:63:
tests/pns/CMakeFiles/test_node.dir/test_node.cpp.obj] Error 1
On 9/7/2016 12:17 PM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This patch adds possibility to build C++ tests for pcbnew, using
> Boost.Test framework. I intended it primarily to make tests for the P&S,
> which I used to develop out-of-tree before.
>
> Since Kicad's codebase is rather monolithic, testing/refactoring
> anything drags in pretty much everything else in the code as a
> dependency. This causes long rebuild and linking times, which I find
> very annoying. Also, while developing new features, most of the time is
> spent linking pcbnew and clicking in the GUI to trigger the particular
> feature.
>
> For that reason I decided to link all the test cases directly to the
> _pcbnew_kiface library and skip pcbnew's dependency scanning when
> building tests. I'm also preparing a bare PCB test window for verifying
> interactive/graphical operations without rebuilding pcbnew as a whole app.
>
> I've attached the patch (set the KICAD_BUILD_TESTS=ON option to enable).
> There's one trivial unit test included as an example. Let me know if
> such solution would be acceptable.
>
> Cheers,
> Tom
>
>
>
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