Exposes gtest flags to user code access. By Alexander Demin.

include/gtest/gtest.h

@@ -93,16 +93,53 @@
 
 namespace testing {
 
-// The upper limit for valid stack trace depths.
+// Declares the flags.
-const int kMaxStackTraceDepth = 100;
+
+// This flag temporary enables the disabled tests.
+GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(also_run_disabled_tests);
+
+// This flag brings the debugger on an assertion failure.
+GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(break_on_failure);
+
+// This flag controls whether Google Test catches all test-thrown exceptions 
+// and logs them as failures. 
+GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(catch_exceptions);
+
+// This flag enables using colors in terminal output. Available values are 
+// "yes" to enable colors, "no" (disable colors), or "auto" (the default) 
+// to let Google Test decide.
+GTEST_DECLARE_string_(color);
+
+// This flag sets up the filter to select by name using a glob pattern 
+// the tests to run. If the filter is not given all tests are executed.
+GTEST_DECLARE_string_(filter);
+
+// This flag causes the Google Test to list tests. None of the tests listed 
+// are actually run if the flag is provided.
+GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(list_tests);
+
+// This flag controls whether Google Test emits a detailed XML report to a file
+// in addition to its normal textual output.
+GTEST_DECLARE_string_(output);
+
+// This flags control whether Google Test prints the elapsed time for each 
+// test.
+GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(print_time);
+
+// This flag sets how many times the tests are repeated. The default value 
+// is 1. If the value is -1 the tests are repeating forever.
+GTEST_DECLARE_int32_(repeat);
+
+// This flag controls whether Google Test includes Google Test internal
+// stack frames in failure stack traces.
+GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(show_internal_stack_frames);
 
 // This flag specifies the maximum number of stack frames to be
 // printed in a failure message.
 GTEST_DECLARE_int32_(stack_trace_depth);
 
-// This flag controls whether Google Test includes Google Test internal
+// The upper limit for valid stack trace depths.
-// stack frames in failure stack traces.
+const int kMaxStackTraceDepth = 100;
-GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(show_internal_stack_frames);
 
 namespace internal {
 

src/gtest-internal-inl.h

@@ -60,21 +60,10 @@ namespace testing {
 
 // Declares the flags.
 //
-// We don't want the users to modify these flags in the code, but want
+// We don't want the users to modify this flag in the code, but want
-// Google Test's own unit tests to be able to access them.  Therefore we
+// Google Test's own unit tests to be able to access it. Therefore we
-// declare them here as opposed to in gtest.h.
+// declare it here as opposed to in gtest.h.
-GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(also_run_disabled_tests);
-GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(break_on_failure);
-GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(catch_exceptions);
-GTEST_DECLARE_string_(color);
 GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(death_test_use_fork);
-GTEST_DECLARE_string_(filter);
-GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(list_tests);
-GTEST_DECLARE_string_(output);
-GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(print_time);
-GTEST_DECLARE_int32_(repeat);
-GTEST_DECLARE_bool_(show_internal_stack_frames);
-GTEST_DECLARE_int32_(stack_trace_depth);
 
 namespace internal {
 

test/gtest_unittest.cc

@@ -33,6 +33,25 @@
 // Google Test work.
 
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+// Verifies that the command line flag variables can be accessed
+// in code once <gtest/gtest.h> has been #included.
+// Do not move it after other #includes.
+TEST(CommandLineFlagsTest, CanBeAccessedInCodeOnceGTestHIsIncluded) {
+  bool dummy = testing::GTEST_FLAG(also_run_disabled_tests)
+      || testing::GTEST_FLAG(break_on_failure)
+      || testing::GTEST_FLAG(catch_exceptions)
+      || testing::GTEST_FLAG(color) != "unknown"
+      || testing::GTEST_FLAG(filter) != "unknown"
+      || testing::GTEST_FLAG(list_tests)
+      || testing::GTEST_FLAG(output) != "unknown"
+      || testing::GTEST_FLAG(print_time)
+      || testing::GTEST_FLAG(repeat) > 0
+      || testing::GTEST_FLAG(show_internal_stack_frames)
+      || testing::GTEST_FLAG(stack_trace_depth) > 0;
+  EXPECT_TRUE(dummy || !dummy);  // Suppresses warning that dummy is unused.
+}
+
 #include <gtest/gtest-spi.h>
 
 // Indicates that this translation unit is part of Google Test's