filesystem::path passed to GTest's assertion leads to stack overflow

[oliora@…]

The following code:

boost::filesystem::path p1("c:\\123"), p2("c:\\987");

ASSERT_EQ(p1, p2);

leads to stack overflow. It's because when GTest prints the assertion values it examines path as a container and try to print its items which are also path instances. This leads to recursion and stack overflow.

Most probably, the problem should be solved at Gtest side, but personal I think the design when path consist of paths (infinite recursion) is not very good and should be fixed.

[Craig Dickson <cdickson@…>]

The elements of a path should not be paths. They should be strings.