I'm looking for a unit test framework that tracks every assert in the code, pass or fail. I looked into Google Test, which is based on xUnit, and it only tracks failures. I need this because I work in a company that makes medical devices and we must keep evidence of validation that can be audited by the FDA. We want a test report that tells you what the test did, not just that it passed. Also, the framework would have to be usable with POSIX C++.
Ideally what I would like to have is something like this (using Google Test syntax):
EXPECT_EQ(1, x, "checking x value");
and the test would generate a report that has the following for every assert: a description, the expected value, the actual value, the comparison type, and a pass/fail status.
It looks like I'll have to create my own test framework to accomplish this. I stepped into the code of Google Test to verify it really does nothing for a passing assert. I wanted to see if there were other ideas, such as a framework that could accomplish this or be modified to accomplish this before creating my own.
Why not simply generate a json/xml/html report as part of your build process and then check that file into some kind of source control?