id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
7417	Detailed test status is not available in the Boost.Test log (status, assertions, passed) and so live test case status cannot be tracked	Jamie Allsop <ja11sop@…>	Gennadiy Rozental	"Currently with Boost.Test it is not possible to use the test output to show detailed live test progress. By detailed I mean, test status, number of passed assertions and total number of assertions. This is because:

  1. Only basic status information is provided through `stdout` (the Boost.Test log) as tests are proceeding. Notably just whether a test has started or a test has finished.
  2. Detailed information is accessible by accessing the test report information captured as part of the Boost.Test report functionality which is typical sent to `stderr`.
  3. Report data is only output when all tests are complete therefore this information cannot be used for live reporting. In other words a solution is not to listen on both `stdout` and `stderr` 

The attached patch adds additional test status information to the information sent to stdout - the Boost.Test log. This allows arbitrary test tools to be developed that interpret the test output for live test progress reporting.

We use one such tool based on scons that allows us to view live test progress on the console. This is not possible with the current Boost.Test since detailed test status is not available until all cases have completed.

This patch compliments the patches attached to:

[[TicketQuery( id=7397|7410 )]] 

and taken together allows for sophisticated test tools to be built on top of the Boost.Test output.
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