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| The <acronym class="acronym">UTF</acronym> can be built into a static library. If you opt to link a test module with the |
| <a class="link" href="../../compilation/standalone.html" title="Standalone library compilation">standalone static library</a>, this usage is called the static library |
| variant of the <acronym class="acronym">UTF</acronym>. |
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| The test runner supplied with this variant requires you to implement the <a class="link" href="../../user-guide.html#test-module.def">test |
| module</a> initialization function that matches one of the two specifications depending on the compilation flag |
| <a class="xref" href="../../compilation.html#utf.flag.alt-init-api">BOOST_TEST_ALTERNATIVE_INIT_API</a>. If flag isn't defined you are required |
| to match the original specification. If you define the flag <a class="xref" href="../../compilation.html#utf.flag.alt-init-api">BOOST_TEST_ALTERNATIVE_INIT_API</a> during a test module compilation you are required to use the alternative |
| initialization function specification. The <acronym class="acronym">UTF</acronym> provides an ability to |
| <a class="link" href="../initialization.html#utf.user-guide.initialization.auto-generation" title="Automated generation of the test module initialization function">automatically generate</a> an empty test module |
| initialization function with correct specification if no custom initialization is required by a test module. |
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| If you opted to use an alternative initialization API, for a test module to be able to link with prebuilt library, |
| the flag <a class="xref" href="../../compilation.html#utf.flag.alt-init-api">BOOST_TEST_ALTERNATIVE_INIT_API</a> has to be defined both during |
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