id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
6749	PARAM_TEST_CASE works poorly with abstract objects	philipp.moeller@…	Gennadiy Rozental	"Using abstract classes as arguments to tests works poorly and requires a workaround:

{{{
#include <boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp>
#include <boost/test/parameterized_test.hpp>
#include <boost/test/unit_test_suite.hpp>
#include <boost/ptr_container/ptr_vector.hpp>
using namespace boost::unit_test;

class F {
public:
  virtual void foo()=0;
  virtual ~F();
};

struct D : public F {
  void foo() {}
};

void test(const F&) {}
void test2(const F*) {}

test_suite*
init_unit_test_suite()
{
  boost::ptr_vector<F> params;
  params.push_back(new D);
  // borks
  // boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite().
  //   add( BOOST_PARAM_TEST_CASE( &test, params.begin(), params.end()));
  F* f = new D;
  F* arr[] = {f};
  framework::master_test_suite().
    add( BOOST_PARAM_TEST_CASE( &test2, arr, arr + 1));

  return 0;
}

}}}

It would be nice this weren't required as it adds the additional burden of maintaining memory on the test author and the tests cases shouldn't be required to work on pointers."	Feature Requests	closed	To Be Determined	test	Boost 1.49.0	Cosmetic	wontfix