id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
7397	Boost.Test, since boost 1.48 is using the deprecated Boost.Timer class	ja11sop@…	Raffi Enficiaud	"Boost 1.48 introduced a new Boost.Timer library, deprecating the old one. Boost.Test still depends on the old class. This causes compilation problems. See thread 
[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/234411 Timer & Boost.Test incompatibility] from the gmane.lib.boost.devel list. From the thread:

When `boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp` is included in a unit test suite, you get compilation errors where `boost::timer` is declared as a class where previously it's defined as a namespace:

{{{
boost/timer.hpp(45): error C2869:
'boost::timer' : has already been defined to be a namespace

boost/test/impl/framework.ipp(153): error C2882:
'timer' : illegal use of namespace identifier in expression

boost/test/impl/framework.ipp(153): fatal error C1903:
unable to recover from previous error(s); stopping compilation
}}}

I've attached a first attempt at a patch based on one I use in production from boost 1.49.

Of note: 
  * Use of the new timer classes can be disabled by defining the macro `BOOST_TEST_USE_DEPRECATED_TIMER`
  * Two new files are added to the `boost/test/utils` directory: `timer.hpp` and `progress.hpp`
    * `progress.hpp` is there to support progress output as was available in the deprecated boost timer but which is no longer part of the new timer classes as I recall
  * I tried to keep the formatting essentially the same as other files in boost test with one exception - I refrained from adding $ tags as these are just noise.
  * I tried to maintain backwards compatibility for report output, notably XML output.
  * The new Boost.Timer is a compiled library and requires Boost.System. If you can't stomach that then the macro choosing the old version of Boost.Timer will help.
"	Patches	closed	Boost 1.69	test	Boost Development Trunk	Problem	fixed	1.70