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Do you unit-test your PODs? [closed]

do you create unit-tests for PODs (Plain Old Data Structure)? And why? I'm interested in your opinions. Regards Tobias
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How do you handle increasingly long compile times when working with templates?

I use Visual Studio 2012 and he have cases where we added templates parameters to a class "just" in order to introduce a "seam point" so that in unit-test we can replace those parts with mock objects. ...
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Unit testing C++: What to test?

TL;DR Writing good, useful tests is hard, and has a high cost in C++. Can you experienced developers share your rationale on what and when to test? Long story I used to do test-driven development, ...
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TDD: Write a separate test for object initialization or relying on other tests exercising it

This seems to be the common pattern that's emerging in some of the tests I've worked on lately. We have a class, and quite often this is legacy code whose design can't be easily altered, which has a ...
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How to unit test with lots of IO

I write Linux embedded software which closely integrates with hardware. My modules are such as : -CMOS video input with kernel driver (v4l2) -Hardware h264/mpeg4 encoders (texas instuments) -Audio ...
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Does unit testing lead to premature generalization (specifically in the context of C++)?

Preliminary notes I'll not go into the distinction of the different kinds of test there are, there are already a few questions on these sites regarding that. I'll take what's there and that says: ...
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Does adding unit tests make sense for well-known legacy code?

I'm talking about unit tests in the TDD sense. (Not automated "integration", or what you like to call it tests.) Legacy code as in: (C++) code without tests. (see: Michael Feathers' Working ...
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How to keep settings for C++ Unit Test modules in sync with the production code modules?

Note: I'm coming from a Windows / Visual-C++ background. Note: I have already read Michael Feathers' Working Effectively with Legacy Code. Note: Broad question, asking for narrow answers, i.e. while ...
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How should C++ Unit Test code be organized for maximum Unit Test efficiency?

This question is not about Unit Testing Frameworks. This question is not about writing Unit Tests. This question is about where to put the UT code written and how/when/where to compile and run it. ...
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What is a good workflow for a C++ beginner?

I desire to become a more serious scientific C++ programmer. To do so, I need a consistent style of workflow (e.g., coding, test-driven development, etc.). My question is simply what sort of ...
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C++ TDD open source projects

Are there any open source projects out there that are written in C++ in an agile way (TDD maybe?). I am trying to contribute to a C++ open source project in order to catch up with the language and I ...
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Good example of complex code using TDD

What would be a good example of the use of TDD in large, real-life, complex, projects? All the examples I've seen so far are toy projects for the purpose of a book or a paper... Can you name an ...