type of the the pointers are <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">*</span></code> or <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">wchar_t</span><span class="special">*</span></code>, <a class="link" href="../../utf_reference/testing_tool_ref/assertion_boost_test_universal_macro.html" title="BOOST_TEST"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_TEST</span></code></a> promotes them as null
terminated <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">char</span></code> arrays and
string comparison is used instead. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span></code>
- (or any <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_string</span></code>) is eligible for string
+ (or any <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_string</span></code>) and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string_view</span></code>
+ (or any <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">basic_string_view</span></code>) are eligible for string
comparison.
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- String comparison can be used only if the the operands to compare in <a class="link" href="../../utf_reference/testing_tool_ref/assertion_boost_test_universal_macro.html" title="BOOST_TEST"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_TEST</span></code></a> can both be considered
+ String comparison can be used only if the operands to compare in <a class="link" href="../../utf_reference/testing_tool_ref/assertion_boost_test_universal_macro.html" title="BOOST_TEST"><code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BOOST_TEST</span></code></a> can both be considered
as strings type.
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+ <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string_view</span></code> support added in Boost.Test
+ <a class="link" href="../../change_log.html#ref_CHANGE_LOG_3_12">Boost 1.72</a>.
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