id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
11983	Boost Test XML Report contains unescaped XML characters	m8mble <m8mble@…>	Raffi Enficiaud	"I've encountered problems with the boost test reports in XML format. They contain unescaped characters (""<"" and "">"") in the TestCase name attribute for template tests. Here is a minimal example:

{{{
#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE huhu
#include <boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp>
#include <boost/test/test_case_template.hpp>
#include <boost/mpl/list.hpp>

typedef boost::mpl::list<int> types;

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE_TEMPLATE( test, Type, types ) {}
}}}

When running with `--report_format=XML --report_level=detailed`, this will include the following in the XML report:
{{{
<TestCase name=""test<i>"" result=""passed""...
}}}
The ""<"" and "">"" characters inside the name attribute must be escaped according to the XML specifications.

I verified, that boost versions 1.53, 1.54 and 1.59 correctly escaped those characters. Interestingly , the unescaped characters appear in the XML report only. The XML logger is not affected for all boost versions including 1.60. When running with `--log_format=XML --log_level=all` any boost test version correctly prints
{{{
<TestCase name=""test&lt;i&gt;"" ...
}}}"	Bugs	closed	Boost 1.61.0	test	Boost 1.60.0	Problem	fixed	XML, Test, Report