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+/*
+ * This program source code file is part of KiCad, a free EDA CAD application.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 CERN
+ * @author Alejandro García Montoro <alejandro.garciamontoro@gmail.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2020 KiCad Developers, see AUTHORS.txt for contributors.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, you may find one here:
+ * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+ * or you may search the http://www.gnu.org website for the version 2 license,
+ * or you may write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Main file for the Eeschema tests to be compiled
+ */
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+#include <wx/init.h>
+
+#include <unit_test_utils/wx_assert.h>
+
+/*
+ * Simple function to handle a WX assertion and throw a real exception.
+ *
+ * This is useful when you want to check assertions fire in unit tests.
+ */
+void wxAssertThrower( const wxString& aFile, int aLine, const wxString& aFunc,
+        const wxString& aCond, const wxString& aMsg )
+{
+    throw KI_TEST::WX_ASSERT_ERROR( aFile, aLine, aFunc, aCond, aMsg );
+}
+
+
+bool init_unit_test()
+{
+    boost::unit_test::framework::master_test_suite().p_name.value = "Common Eeschema module tests";
+
+    bool ok = wxInitialize();
+
+    wxSetAssertHandler( &wxAssertThrower );
+
+    return ok;
+}
+
+
+int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
+{
+    int ret = boost::unit_test::unit_test_main( &init_unit_test, argc, argv );
+
+    // This causes some glib warnings on GTK3 (http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/18274)
+    // but without it, Valgrind notices a lot of leaks from WX
+    wxUninitialize();
+
+    return ret;
+}
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