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Merge #11220: Check specific validation error in miner tests
12781db [Tests] check specific validation error in miner tests (Sjors Provoost)
Pull request description:
## Problem
`BOOST_CHECK_THROW` merely checks that some `std::runtime_error` is
thrown, but not which one.
Here's an example of how this can cause a test to pass when a developer
introduces a consensus bug. The test for the sigops limit assumes
that `CreateNewBlock` fails with `bad-blk-sigops`. However it can
also fail with bad-txns-vout-negative, if a naive developer lowers
`BLOCKSUBSIDY` to `1*COIN`.
## Solution
`BOOST_CHECK_EXCEPTION` allows an additional predicate function. This
commit uses this for all exceptions that are checked for in
`miner_tets.cpp`:
* `bad-blk-sigops`
* `bad-cb-multiple`
* `bad-txns-inputs-missingorspent`
* `block-validation-failed`
If the function throws a different error, the test will fail. Although the message produced by Boost is a bit [confusing](http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/Test-BOOST-CHECK-EXCEPTION-error-message-still-vague-tt4683257.html#a4683554), it does show which error was actually thrown. Here's what the above `1*COIN` bug would result in:
<img width="1134" alt="schermafbeelding 2017-09-02 om 23 42 29" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/10217/29998976-815cabce-9038-11e7-9c46-f5f6cfb0ca7d.png">
## Other considerations
A more elegant solution in my opinion would be to subclass `std::runtime_error` for each `INVALID_TRANSACTION` type, but this would involve touching consensus code.
I put the predicates in `test_bitcoin.h` because I assume they can be reused in other test files. However [serialize_tests.cpp](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/v0.15.0rc3/src/test/serialize_tests.cpp#L245) also uses `BOOST_CHECK_EXCEPTION` and it defines the predicate in the test file itself.
Instead of four `IsRejectInvalidReasonX(std::runtime_error const& e)` functions, I'd prefer something reusable like `bool IsRejectInvalidReason(String reason)(std::runtime_error const& e)`, which would be used like `BOOST_CHECK_EXCEPTION(functionThatThrows(), std::runtime_error, IsRejectInvalidReason("bad-blk-sigops")`. I couldn't figure out how to do that in C++.
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