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GoogleTestPrimer doc confusion #299

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. go to 
http://code.google.com/p/googletest/wiki/GoogleTestPrimer#Important_note_for_Vis
ual_C++_users
2. read "The general conclusion here is: make your life easier - do not write 
your tests in libraries! "
3. ????

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
4. If you are writing a library, this statement is quite confusing.
Particularly when you do not have the source to the intended library  loading 
executable. I think the sentence could be removed altogether.

It might be less confusing if instead it stated: "If you have access to the 
executable's source it is less complicated to write your tests there than in a 
linked library. If you do not have source access and you must write tests 
within a linked library, googletest library static/dynamic settings must match 
your linked library settings." 

What version of Google Test are you using? On what operating system?

Please provide any additional information below, such as a code snippet.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by eliasmac...@yahoo.com on 29 Jun 2010 at 11:16

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
The code you are writing may very well be in a library, but our recommendation 
still stands: we recommend putting tests for it into an executable. You library 
may be linked to that executable.

Original comment by vladlosev on 9 Jul 2010 at 7:41