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BOOST_<level>_SMALL

BOOST_WARN_SMALL(value, tolerance);
BOOST_CHECK_SMALL(value, tolerance);
BOOST_REQUIRE_SMALL(value, tolerance);

These tools are used to check that supplied value is small enough. The "smallness" is defined by absolute value of the tolerance supplied as a second argument. Use these tools with caution. To compare to values on closeness it's preferable to use BOOST_<level>_CLOSE tools instead.

The first parameter is the value to check. The second parameter is the tolerance.

[Note] Note

Note that to use these tools you need to include additional header floating_point_comparison.hpp.

Example: BOOST_<level>_SMALL usage

Code

#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE example
#include <boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp>
#include <boost/test/floating_point_comparison.hpp>

BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( test )
{
  double v = -1.23456e-3;
  BOOST_CHECK_SMALL( v, 0.000001 );
}

Output

> example
Running 1 test case...
test.cpp(11): error in "test": absolute value of v{-0.00123456} exceeds 1e-006

*** 1 failures is detected in test suite "example"

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