How do you run your unit tests? Compiler flags? Static libraries?

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I\'m just getting started with TDD and am curious as to what approaches others take to run their tests. For reference, I am using the google testing framework, but I believe the

Answer 1

Personnally, I use another approach that relies a bit on yours:

I keep the project-to-test intact. If it's an executable, it should stay an executable. You simply create a post build action in order to aggregate all obj files into a static library.

Then, you can create you test project, linking the test framework and your previously generated static library.

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