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  59. Following sections provide detailed specification for all <span class="emphasis"><em>Unit
  60. Test Framework</em></span> runtime parameters. Each parameter specification
  61. includes:
  62. </p>
  63. <div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; ">
  64. <li class="listitem">
  65. The full parameter name.
  66. </li>
  67. <li class="listitem">
  68. Description of parameter semantic and default value.
  69. </li>
  70. <li class="listitem">
  71. Acceptable argument values. The default value for the parameter is bold
  72. in the acceptable values list.
  73. </li>
  74. <li class="listitem">
  75. Command line syntax. The format of all command line arguments is: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">prefix</span><span class="special">&gt;&lt;</span><span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">&gt;[&lt;</span><span class="identifier">separator</span><span class="special">&gt;&lt;</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">&gt;]</span></code>. For example: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">--</span><span class="identifier">param</span><span class="special">=&lt;</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code>.
  76. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">[]</span></code> around separator and
  77. value indicate that argument value is optional. For example: <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">-</span><span class="identifier">q</span><span class="special">[</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">&gt;]</span></code>.
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  80. Corresponding environment variable name.
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  89. <p>
  90. All command line argument formats support parameter name guessing. What
  91. this means is that is if command like format is like this:
  92. </p>
  93. <pre class="programlisting">--long_parameter_name=&lt;value&gt;</pre>
  94. <p>
  95. you can in fact use any unambiguous prefix of the parameter name to specify
  96. the argument. For example:
  97. </p>
  98. <pre class="programlisting">--long_param=123</pre>
  99. <p>
  100. or
  101. </p>
  102. <pre class="programlisting">--long_p=123.</pre>
  103. <p>
  104. If parameter name prefix you chose is ambiguous the framework lets you
  105. know which parameters match specified prefix. For example, try
  106. </p>
  107. <pre class="programlisting">--log=all</pre>
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  111. <a name="boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.h0"></a>
  112. <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.parameter_value_formats"></a></span><a class="link" href="rt_param_reference.html#boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.parameter_value_formats">Parameter
  113. value formats</a>
  114. </h5>
  115. <p>
  116. The <span class="emphasis"><em>Unit Test Framework</em></span> runtime parameters take value
  117. of the following types: string, boolean, enumeration, unsigned, long. Formats
  118. required for values of these types are following:
  119. </p>
  120. <h6>
  121. <a name="boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.h1"></a>
  122. <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.string_unsigned_long"></a></span><a class="link" href="rt_param_reference.html#boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.string_unsigned_long">String,
  123. unsigned, long</a>
  124. </h6>
  125. <p>
  126. <a name="regular_param_value"></a>Values of these types are expected in the
  127. same format they are represented in C++.
  128. </p>
  129. <h6>
  130. <a name="boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.h2"></a>
  131. <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.boolean"></a></span><a class="link" href="rt_param_reference.html#boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.boolean">Boolean</a>
  132. </h6>
  133. <p>
  134. <a name="boolean_param_value"></a>Values of these types are options with
  135. yes/no or true/false meaning. True values are represented by case insensitive
  136. strings: "Y", "YES", "TRUE", "1".
  137. False values are represented by case insensitive strings: "N",
  138. "NO", "FALSE", "0".
  139. </p>
  140. <h6>
  141. <a name="boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.h3"></a>
  142. <span class="phrase"><a name="boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.enumeration"></a></span><a class="link" href="rt_param_reference.html#boost_test.utf_reference.rt_param_reference.enumeration">Enumeration</a>
  143. </h6>
  144. <p>
  145. <a name="enum_param_value"></a>Values of an enumeration type are expected
  146. as case sensitive strings representing enumeration value names. Each parameter
  147. with an enumeration value lists all valid names in a parameter`s description.
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