id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
5036	Boost.Test  VC memory leak report should direct to stderr	anonymous	Gennadiy Rozental	"Boost.Test includes a memory leak detection feature (uses the ones MSV provided). Unfortunately it redirects the output to stdout, not conventional stderr.

We are currently creating XML-based test reports. If the memory leak happended, the XML becomes ill-formed. For better interoperability, the debug output should go to stderr.

I traced the place where the called in placed (in boost/test/impl/debug.ipp)


{{{
#ifdef BOOST_MS_CRT_BASED_DEBUG
    int flags = _CrtSetDbgFlag( _CRTDBG_REPORT_FLAG );

    if( !on_off )
        flags &= ~_CRTDBG_LEAK_CHECK_DF;
    else  {
        flags |= _CRTDBG_LEAK_CHECK_DF;
        _CrtSetReportMode(_CRT_WARN, _CRTDBG_MODE_FILE);
        _CrtSetReportFile(_CRT_WARN, _CRTDBG_FILE_STDOUT);
    }

    _CrtSetDbgFlag ( flags );
#endif // BOOST_MS_CRT_BASED_DEBUG
}}}

The call  _CrtSetReportFile(_CRT_WARN, _CRTDBG_FILE_STDOUT); should be changed to 

 _CrtSetReportFile(_CRT_WARN, _CRTDBG_FILE_STDERR);
"	Bugs	closed	Boost 1.59.0	test	Boost 1.45.0	Problem	fixed