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+# Googletest FAQ
+
+<!-- GOOGLETEST_CM0014 DO NOT DELETE -->
+
+## Why should test suite names and test names not contain underscore?
+
+Underscore (`_`) is special, as C++ reserves the following to be used by the
+compiler and the standard library:
+
+1.  any identifier that starts with an `_` followed by an upper-case letter, and
+2.  any identifier that contains two consecutive underscores (i.e. `__`)
+    *anywhere* in its name.
+
+User code is *prohibited* from using such identifiers.
+
+Now let's look at what this means for `TEST` and `TEST_F`.
+
+Currently `TEST(TestSuiteName, TestName)` generates a class named
+`TestSuiteName_TestName_Test`. What happens if `TestSuiteName` or `TestName`
+contains `_`?
+
+1.  If `TestSuiteName` starts with an `_` followed by an upper-case letter (say,
+    `_Foo`), we end up with `_Foo_TestName_Test`, which is reserved and thus
+    invalid.
+2.  If `TestSuiteName` ends with an `_` (say, `Foo_`), we get
+    `Foo__TestName_Test`, which is invalid.
+3.  If `TestName` starts with an `_` (say, `_Bar`), we get
+    `TestSuiteName__Bar_Test`, which is invalid.
+4.  If `TestName` ends with an `_` (say, `Bar_`), we get
+    `TestSuiteName_Bar__Test`, which is invalid.
+
+So clearly `TestSuiteName` and `TestName` cannot start or end with `_`
+(Actually, `TestSuiteName` can start with `_` -- as long as the `_` isn't
+followed by an upper-case letter. But that's getting complicated. So for
+simplicity we just say that it cannot start with `_`.).
+
+It may seem fine for `TestSuiteName` and `TestName` to contain `_` in the
+middle. However, consider this:
+
+```c++
+TEST(Time, Flies_Like_An_Arrow) { ... }
+TEST(Time_Flies, Like_An_Arrow) { ... }
+```
+
+Now, the two `TEST`s will both generate the same class
+(`Time_Flies_Like_An_Arrow_Test`). That's not good.
+
+So for simplicity, we just ask the users to avoid `_` in `TestSuiteName` and
+`TestName`. The rule is more constraining than necessary, but it's simple and
+easy to remember. It also gives googletest some wiggle room in case its
+implementation needs to change in the future.
+
+If you violate the rule, there may not be immediate consequences, but your test
+may (just may) break with a new compiler (or a new version of the compiler you
+are using) or with a new version of googletest. Therefore it's best to follow
+the rule.
+
+## Why does googletest support `EXPECT_EQ(NULL, ptr)` and `ASSERT_EQ(NULL, ptr)` but not `EXPECT_NE(NULL, ptr)` and `ASSERT_NE(NULL, ptr)`?
+
+First of all you can use `EXPECT_NE(nullptr, ptr)` and `ASSERT_NE(nullptr,
+ptr)`. This is the preferred syntax in the style guide because nullptr does not
+have the type problems that NULL does. Which is why NULL does not work.
+
+Due to some peculiarity of C++, it requires some non-trivial template meta
+programming tricks to support using `NULL` as an argument of the `EXPECT_XX()`
+and `ASSERT_XX()` macros. Therefore we only do it where it's most needed
+(otherwise we make the implementation of googletest harder to maintain and more
+error-prone than necessary).
+
+The `EXPECT_EQ()` macro takes the *expected* value as its first argument and the
+*actual* value as the second. It's reasonable that someone wants to write
+`EXPECT_EQ(NULL, some_expression)`, and this indeed was requested several times.
+Therefore we implemented it.
+
+The need for `EXPECT_NE(NULL, ptr)` isn't nearly as strong. When the assertion
+fails, you already know that `ptr` must be `NULL`, so it doesn't add any
+information to print `ptr` in this case. That means `EXPECT_TRUE(ptr != NULL)`
+works just as well.
+
+If we were to support `EXPECT_NE(NULL, ptr)`, for consistency we'll have to
+support `EXPECT_NE(ptr, NULL)` as well, as unlike `EXPECT_EQ`, we don't have a
+convention on the order of the two arguments for `EXPECT_NE`. This means using
+the template meta programming tricks twice in the implementation, making it even
+harder to understand and maintain. We believe the benefit doesn't justify the
+cost.
+
+Finally, with the growth of the gMock matcher library, we are encouraging people
+to use the unified `EXPECT_THAT(value, matcher)` syntax more often in tests. One
+significant advantage of the matcher approach is that matchers can be easily
+combined to form new matchers, while the `EXPECT_NE`, etc, macros cannot be
+easily combined. Therefore we want to invest more in the matchers than in the
+`EXPECT_XX()` macros.
+
+## I need to test that different implementations of an interface satisfy some common requirements. Should I use typed tests or value-parameterized tests?
+
+For testing various implementations of the same interface, either typed tests or
+value-parameterized tests can get it done. It's really up to you the user to
+decide which is more convenient for you, depending on your particular case. Some
+rough guidelines:
+
+*   Typed tests can be easier to write if instances of the different
+    implementations can be created the same way, modulo the type. For example,
+    if all these implementations have a public default constructor (such that
+    you can write `new TypeParam`), or if their factory functions have the same
+    form (e.g. `CreateInstance<TypeParam>()`).
+*   Value-parameterized tests can be easier to write if you need different code
+    patterns to create different implementations' instances, e.g. `new Foo` vs
+    `new Bar(5)`. To accommodate for the differences, you can write factory
+    function wrappers and pass these function pointers to the tests as their
+    parameters.
+*   When a typed test fails, the default output includes the name of the type,
+    which can help you quickly identify which implementation is wrong.
+    Value-parameterized tests only show the number of the failed iteration by
+    default. You will need to define a function that returns the iteration name
+    and pass it as the third parameter to INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P to have more
+    useful output.
+*   When using typed tests, you need to make sure you are testing against the
+    interface type, not the concrete types (in other words, you want to make
+    sure `implicit_cast<MyInterface*>(my_concrete_impl)` works, not just that
+    `my_concrete_impl` works). It's less likely to make mistakes in this area
+    when using value-parameterized tests.
+
+I hope I didn't confuse you more. :-) If you don't mind, I'd suggest you to give
+both approaches a try. Practice is a much better way to grasp the subtle
+differences between the two tools. Once you have some concrete experience, you
+can much more easily decide which one to use the next time.
+
+## I got some run-time errors about invalid proto descriptors when using `ProtocolMessageEquals`. Help!
+
+**Note:** `ProtocolMessageEquals` and `ProtocolMessageEquiv` are *deprecated*
+now. Please use `EqualsProto`, etc instead.
+
+`ProtocolMessageEquals` and `ProtocolMessageEquiv` were redefined recently and
+are now less tolerant of invalid protocol buffer definitions. In particular, if
+you have a `foo.proto` that doesn't fully qualify the type of a protocol message
+it references (e.g. `message<Bar>` where it should be `message<blah.Bar>`), you
+will now get run-time errors like:
+
+```
+... descriptor.cc:...] Invalid proto descriptor for file "path/to/foo.proto":
+... descriptor.cc:...]  blah.MyMessage.my_field: ".Bar" is not defined.
+```
+
+If you see this, your `.proto` file is broken and needs to be fixed by making
+the types fully qualified. The new definition of `ProtocolMessageEquals` and
+`ProtocolMessageEquiv` just happen to reveal your bug.
+
+## My death test modifies some state, but the change seems lost after the death test finishes. Why?
+
+Death tests (`EXPECT_DEATH`, etc) are executed in a sub-process s.t. the
+expected crash won't kill the test program (i.e. the parent process). As a
+result, any in-memory side effects they incur are observable in their respective
+sub-processes, but not in the parent process. You can think of them as running
+in a parallel universe, more or less.
+
+In particular, if you use mocking and the death test statement invokes some mock
+methods, the parent process will think the calls have never occurred. Therefore,
+you may want to move your `EXPECT_CALL` statements inside the `EXPECT_DEATH`
+macro.
+
+## EXPECT_EQ(htonl(blah), blah_blah) generates weird compiler errors in opt mode. Is this a googletest bug?
+
+Actually, the bug is in `htonl()`.
+
+According to `'man htonl'`, `htonl()` is a *function*, which means it's valid to
+use `htonl` as a function pointer. However, in opt mode `htonl()` is defined as
+a *macro*, which breaks this usage.
+
+Worse, the macro definition of `htonl()` uses a `gcc` extension and is *not*
+standard C++. That hacky implementation has some ad hoc limitations. In
+particular, it prevents you from writing `Foo<sizeof(htonl(x))>()`, where `Foo`
+is a template that has an integral argument.
+
+The implementation of `EXPECT_EQ(a, b)` uses `sizeof(... a ...)` inside a
+template argument, and thus doesn't compile in opt mode when `a` contains a call
+to `htonl()`. It is difficult to make `EXPECT_EQ` bypass the `htonl()` bug, as
+the solution must work with different compilers on various platforms.
+
+`htonl()` has some other problems as described in `//util/endian/endian.h`,
+which defines `ghtonl()` to replace it. `ghtonl()` does the same thing `htonl()`
+does, only without its problems. We suggest you to use `ghtonl()` instead of
+`htonl()`, both in your tests and production code.
+
+`//util/endian/endian.h` also defines `ghtons()`, which solves similar problems
+in `htons()`.
+
+Don't forget to add `//util/endian` to the list of dependencies in the `BUILD`
+file wherever `ghtonl()` and `ghtons()` are used. The library consists of a
+single header file and will not bloat your binary.
+
+## The compiler complains about "undefined references" to some static const member variables, but I did define them in the class body. What's wrong?
+
+If your class has a static data member:
+
+```c++
+// foo.h
+class Foo {
+  ...
+  static const int kBar = 100;
+};
+```
+
+You also need to define it *outside* of the class body in `foo.cc`:
+
+```c++
+const int Foo::kBar;  // No initializer here.
+```
+
+Otherwise your code is **invalid C++**, and may break in unexpected ways. In
+particular, using it in googletest comparison assertions (`EXPECT_EQ`, etc) will
+generate an "undefined reference" linker error. The fact that "it used to work"
+doesn't mean it's valid. It just means that you were lucky. :-)
+
+## Can I derive a test fixture from another?
+
+Yes.
+
+Each test fixture has a corresponding and same named test suite. This means only
+one test suite can use a particular fixture. Sometimes, however, multiple test
+cases may want to use the same or slightly different fixtures. For example, you
+may want to make sure that all of a GUI library's test suites don't leak
+important system resources like fonts and brushes.
+
+In googletest, you share a fixture among test suites by putting the shared logic
+in a base test fixture, then deriving from that base a separate fixture for each
+test suite that wants to use this common logic. You then use `TEST_F()` to write
+tests using each derived fixture.
+
+Typically, your code looks like this:
+
+```c++
+// Defines a base test fixture.
+class BaseTest : public ::testing::Test {
+ protected:
+  ...
+};
+
+// Derives a fixture FooTest from BaseTest.
+class FooTest : public BaseTest {
+ protected:
+  void SetUp() override {
+    BaseTest::SetUp();  // Sets up the base fixture first.
+    ... additional set-up work ...
+  }
+
+  void TearDown() override {
+    ... clean-up work for FooTest ...
+    BaseTest::TearDown();  // Remember to tear down the base fixture
+                           // after cleaning up FooTest!
+  }
+
+  ... functions and variables for FooTest ...
+};
+
+// Tests that use the fixture FooTest.
+TEST_F(FooTest, Bar) { ... }
+TEST_F(FooTest, Baz) { ... }
+
+... additional fixtures derived from BaseTest ...
+```
+
+If necessary, you can continue to derive test fixtures from a derived fixture.
+googletest has no limit on how deep the hierarchy can be.
+
+For a complete example using derived test fixtures, see
+[sample5_unittest.cc](../samples/sample5_unittest.cc).
+
+## My compiler complains "void value not ignored as it ought to be." What does this mean?
+
+You're probably using an `ASSERT_*()` in a function that doesn't return `void`.
+`ASSERT_*()` can only be used in `void` functions, due to exceptions being
+disabled by our build system. Please see more details
+[here](advanced.md#assertion-placement).
+
+## My death test hangs (or seg-faults). How do I fix it?
+
+In googletest, death tests are run in a child process and the way they work is
+delicate. To write death tests you really need to understand how they work.
+Please make sure you have read [this](advanced.md#how-it-works).
+
+In particular, death tests don't like having multiple threads in the parent
+process. So the first thing you can try is to eliminate creating threads outside
+of `EXPECT_DEATH()`. For example, you may want to use mocks or fake objects
+instead of real ones in your tests.
+
+Sometimes this is impossible as some library you must use may be creating
+threads before `main()` is even reached. In this case, you can try to minimize
+the chance of conflicts by either moving as many activities as possible inside
+`EXPECT_DEATH()` (in the extreme case, you want to move everything inside), or
+leaving as few things as possible in it. Also, you can try to set the death test
+style to `"threadsafe"`, which is safer but slower, and see if it helps.
+
+If you go with thread-safe death tests, remember that they rerun the test
+program from the beginning in the child process. Therefore make sure your
+program can run side-by-side with itself and is deterministic.
+
+In the end, this boils down to good concurrent programming. You have to make
+sure that there is no race conditions or dead locks in your program. No silver
+bullet - sorry!
+
+## Should I use the constructor/destructor of the test fixture or SetUp()/TearDown()? {#CtorVsSetUp}
+
+The first thing to remember is that googletest does **not** reuse the same test
+fixture object across multiple tests. For each `TEST_F`, googletest will create
+a **fresh** test fixture object, immediately call `SetUp()`, run the test body,
+call `TearDown()`, and then delete the test fixture object.
+
+When you need to write per-test set-up and tear-down logic, you have the choice
+between using the test fixture constructor/destructor or `SetUp()/TearDown()`.
+The former is usually preferred, as it has the following benefits:
+
+*   By initializing a member variable in the constructor, we have the option to
+    make it `const`, which helps prevent accidental changes to its value and
+    makes the tests more obviously correct.
+*   In case we need to subclass the test fixture class, the subclass'
+    constructor is guaranteed to call the base class' constructor *first*, and
+    the subclass' destructor is guaranteed to call the base class' destructor
+    *afterward*. With `SetUp()/TearDown()`, a subclass may make the mistake of
+    forgetting to call the base class' `SetUp()/TearDown()` or call them at the
+    wrong time.
+
+You may still want to use `SetUp()/TearDown()` in the following cases:
+
+*   C++ does not allow virtual function calls in constructors and destructors.
+    You can call a method declared as virtual, but it will not use dynamic
+    dispatch, it will use the definition from the class the constructor of which
+    is currently executing. This is because calling a virtual method before the
+    derived class constructor has a chance to run is very dangerous - the
+    virtual method might operate on uninitialized data. Therefore, if you need
+    to call a method that will be overridden in a derived class, you have to use
+    `SetUp()/TearDown()`.
+*   In the body of a constructor (or destructor), it's not possible to use the
+    `ASSERT_xx` macros. Therefore, if the set-up operation could cause a fatal
+    test failure that should prevent the test from running, it's necessary to
+    use `abort` <!-- GOOGLETEST_CM0015 DO NOT DELETE --> and abort the whole test executable,
+    or to use `SetUp()` instead of a constructor.
+*   If the tear-down operation could throw an exception, you must use
+    `TearDown()` as opposed to the destructor, as throwing in a destructor leads
+    to undefined behavior and usually will kill your program right away. Note
+    that many standard libraries (like STL) may throw when exceptions are
+    enabled in the compiler. Therefore you should prefer `TearDown()` if you
+    want to write portable tests that work with or without exceptions.
+*   The googletest team is considering making the assertion macros throw on
+    platforms where exceptions are enabled (e.g. Windows, Mac OS, and Linux
+    client-side), which will eliminate the need for the user to propagate
+    failures from a subroutine to its caller. Therefore, you shouldn't use
+    googletest assertions in a destructor if your code could run on such a
+    platform.
+
+## The compiler complains "no matching function to call" when I use ASSERT_PRED*. How do I fix it?
+
+If the predicate function you use in `ASSERT_PRED*` or `EXPECT_PRED*` is
+overloaded or a template, the compiler will have trouble figuring out which
+overloaded version it should use. `ASSERT_PRED_FORMAT*` and
+`EXPECT_PRED_FORMAT*` don't have this problem.
+
+If you see this error, you might want to switch to
+`(ASSERT|EXPECT)_PRED_FORMAT*`, which will also give you a better failure
+message. If, however, that is not an option, you can resolve the problem by
+explicitly telling the compiler which version to pick.
+
+For example, suppose you have
+
+```c++
+bool IsPositive(int n) {
+  return n > 0;
+}
+
+bool IsPositive(double x) {
+  return x > 0;
+}
+```
+
+you will get a compiler error if you write
+
+```c++
+EXPECT_PRED1(IsPositive, 5);
+```
+
+However, this will work:
+
+```c++
+EXPECT_PRED1(static_cast<bool (*)(int)>(IsPositive), 5);
+```
+
+(The stuff inside the angled brackets for the `static_cast` operator is the type
+of the function pointer for the `int`-version of `IsPositive()`.)
+
+As another example, when you have a template function
+
+```c++
+template <typename T>
+bool IsNegative(T x) {
+  return x < 0;
+}
+```
+
+you can use it in a predicate assertion like this:
+
+```c++
+ASSERT_PRED1(IsNegative<int>, -5);
+```
+
+Things are more interesting if your template has more than one parameters. The
+following won't compile:
+
+```c++
+ASSERT_PRED2(GreaterThan<int, int>, 5, 0);
+```
+
+as the C++ pre-processor thinks you are giving `ASSERT_PRED2` 4 arguments, which
+is one more than expected. The workaround is to wrap the predicate function in
+parentheses:
+
+```c++
+ASSERT_PRED2((GreaterThan<int, int>), 5, 0);
+```
+
+## My compiler complains about "ignoring return value" when I call RUN_ALL_TESTS(). Why?
+
+Some people had been ignoring the return value of `RUN_ALL_TESTS()`. That is,
+instead of
+
+```c++
+  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+```
+
+they write
+
+```c++
+  RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+```
+
+This is **wrong and dangerous**. The testing services needs to see the return
+value of `RUN_ALL_TESTS()` in order to determine if a test has passed. If your
+`main()` function ignores it, your test will be considered successful even if it
+has a googletest assertion failure. Very bad.
+
+We have decided to fix this (thanks to Michael Chastain for the idea). Now, your
+code will no longer be able to ignore `RUN_ALL_TESTS()` when compiled with
+`gcc`. If you do so, you'll get a compiler error.
+
+If you see the compiler complaining about you ignoring the return value of
+`RUN_ALL_TESTS()`, the fix is simple: just make sure its value is used as the
+return value of `main()`.
+
+But how could we introduce a change that breaks existing tests? Well, in this
+case, the code was already broken in the first place, so we didn't break it. :-)
+
+## My compiler complains that a constructor (or destructor) cannot return a value. What's going on?
+
+Due to a peculiarity of C++, in order to support the syntax for streaming
+messages to an `ASSERT_*`, e.g.
+
+```c++
+  ASSERT_EQ(1, Foo()) << "blah blah" << foo;
+```
+
+we had to give up using `ASSERT*` and `FAIL*` (but not `EXPECT*` and
+`ADD_FAILURE*`) in constructors and destructors. The workaround is to move the
+content of your constructor/destructor to a private void member function, or
+switch to `EXPECT_*()` if that works. This
+[section](advanced.md#assertion-placement) in the user's guide explains it.
+
+## My SetUp() function is not called. Why?
+
+C++ is case-sensitive. Did you spell it as `Setup()`?
+
+Similarly, sometimes people spell `SetUpTestSuite()` as `SetupTestSuite()` and
+wonder why it's never called.
+
+
+## I have several test suites which share the same test fixture logic, do I have to define a new test fixture class for each of them? This seems pretty tedious.
+
+You don't have to. Instead of
+
+```c++
+class FooTest : public BaseTest {};
+
+TEST_F(FooTest, Abc) { ... }
+TEST_F(FooTest, Def) { ... }
+
+class BarTest : public BaseTest {};
+
+TEST_F(BarTest, Abc) { ... }
+TEST_F(BarTest, Def) { ... }
+```
+
+you can simply `typedef` the test fixtures:
+
+```c++
+typedef BaseTest FooTest;
+
+TEST_F(FooTest, Abc) { ... }
+TEST_F(FooTest, Def) { ... }
+
+typedef BaseTest BarTest;
+
+TEST_F(BarTest, Abc) { ... }
+TEST_F(BarTest, Def) { ... }
+```
+
+## googletest output is buried in a whole bunch of LOG messages. What do I do?
+
+The googletest output is meant to be a concise and human-friendly report. If
+your test generates textual output itself, it will mix with the googletest
+output, making it hard to read. However, there is an easy solution to this
+problem.
+
+Since `LOG` messages go to stderr, we decided to let googletest output go to
+stdout. This way, you can easily separate the two using redirection. For
+example:
+
+```shell
+$ ./my_test > gtest_output.txt
+```
+
+## Why should I prefer test fixtures over global variables?
+
+There are several good reasons:
+
+1.  It's likely your test needs to change the states of its global variables.
+    This makes it difficult to keep side effects from escaping one test and
+    contaminating others, making debugging difficult. By using fixtures, each
+    test has a fresh set of variables that's different (but with the same
+    names). Thus, tests are kept independent of each other.
+2.  Global variables pollute the global namespace.
+3.  Test fixtures can be reused via subclassing, which cannot be done easily
+    with global variables. This is useful if many test suites have something in
+    common.
+
+## What can the statement argument in ASSERT_DEATH() be?
+
+`ASSERT_DEATH(statement, matcher)` (or any death assertion macro) can be used
+wherever *`statement`* is valid. So basically *`statement`* can be any C++
+statement that makes sense in the current context. In particular, it can
+reference global and/or local variables, and can be:
+
+*   a simple function call (often the case),
+*   a complex expression, or
+*   a compound statement.
+
+Some examples are shown here:
+
+```c++
+// A death test can be a simple function call.
+TEST(MyDeathTest, FunctionCall) {
+  ASSERT_DEATH(Xyz(5), "Xyz failed");
+}
+
+// Or a complex expression that references variables and functions.
+TEST(MyDeathTest, ComplexExpression) {
+  const bool c = Condition();
+  ASSERT_DEATH((c ? Func1(0) : object2.Method("test")),
+               "(Func1|Method) failed");
+}
+
+// Death assertions can be used any where in a function.  In
+// particular, they can be inside a loop.
+TEST(MyDeathTest, InsideLoop) {
+  // Verifies that Foo(0), Foo(1), ..., and Foo(4) all die.
+  for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+    EXPECT_DEATH_M(Foo(i), "Foo has \\d+ errors",
+                   ::testing::Message() << "where i is " << i);
+  }
+}
+
+// A death assertion can contain a compound statement.
+TEST(MyDeathTest, CompoundStatement) {
+  // Verifies that at lease one of Bar(0), Bar(1), ..., and
+  // Bar(4) dies.
+  ASSERT_DEATH({
+    for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+      Bar(i);
+    }
+  },
+  "Bar has \\d+ errors");
+}
+```
+
+gtest-death-test_test.cc contains more examples if you are interested.
+
+## I have a fixture class `FooTest`, but `TEST_F(FooTest, Bar)` gives me error ``"no matching function for call to `FooTest::FooTest()'"``. Why?
+
+Googletest needs to be able to create objects of your test fixture class, so it
+must have a default constructor. Normally the compiler will define one for you.
+However, there are cases where you have to define your own:
+
+*   If you explicitly declare a non-default constructor for class `FooTest`
+    (`DISALLOW_EVIL_CONSTRUCTORS()` does this), then you need to define a
+    default constructor, even if it would be empty.
+*   If `FooTest` has a const non-static data member, then you have to define the
+    default constructor *and* initialize the const member in the initializer
+    list of the constructor. (Early versions of `gcc` doesn't force you to
+    initialize the const member. It's a bug that has been fixed in `gcc 4`.)
+
+## Why does ASSERT_DEATH complain about previous threads that were already joined?
+
+With the Linux pthread library, there is no turning back once you cross the line
+from single thread to multiple threads. The first time you create a thread, a
+manager thread is created in addition, so you get 3, not 2, threads. Later when
+the thread you create joins the main thread, the thread count decrements by 1,
+but the manager thread will never be killed, so you still have 2 threads, which
+means you cannot safely run a death test.
+
+The new NPTL thread library doesn't suffer from this problem, as it doesn't
+create a manager thread. However, if you don't control which machine your test
+runs on, you shouldn't depend on this.
+
+## Why does googletest require the entire test suite, instead of individual tests, to be named *DeathTest when it uses ASSERT_DEATH?
+
+googletest does not interleave tests from different test suites. That is, it
+runs all tests in one test suite first, and then runs all tests in the next test
+suite, and so on. googletest does this because it needs to set up a test suite
+before the first test in it is run, and tear it down afterwords. Splitting up
+the test case would require multiple set-up and tear-down processes, which is
+inefficient and makes the semantics unclean.
+
+If we were to determine the order of tests based on test name instead of test
+case name, then we would have a problem with the following situation:
+
+```c++
+TEST_F(FooTest, AbcDeathTest) { ... }
+TEST_F(FooTest, Uvw) { ... }
+
+TEST_F(BarTest, DefDeathTest) { ... }
+TEST_F(BarTest, Xyz) { ... }
+```
+
+Since `FooTest.AbcDeathTest` needs to run before `BarTest.Xyz`, and we don't
+interleave tests from different test suites, we need to run all tests in the
+`FooTest` case before running any test in the `BarTest` case. This contradicts
+with the requirement to run `BarTest.DefDeathTest` before `FooTest.Uvw`.
+
+## But I don't like calling my entire test suite \*DeathTest when it contains both death tests and non-death tests. What do I do?
+
+You don't have to, but if you like, you may split up the test suite into
+`FooTest` and `FooDeathTest`, where the names make it clear that they are
+related:
+
+```c++
+class FooTest : public ::testing::Test { ... };
+
+TEST_F(FooTest, Abc) { ... }
+TEST_F(FooTest, Def) { ... }
+
+using FooDeathTest = FooTest;
+
+TEST_F(FooDeathTest, Uvw) { ... EXPECT_DEATH(...) ... }
+TEST_F(FooDeathTest, Xyz) { ... ASSERT_DEATH(...) ... }
+```
+
+## googletest prints the LOG messages in a death test's child process only when the test fails. How can I see the LOG messages when the death test succeeds?
+
+Printing the LOG messages generated by the statement inside `EXPECT_DEATH()`
+makes it harder to search for real problems in the parent's log. Therefore,
+googletest only prints them when the death test has failed.
+
+If you really need to see such LOG messages, a workaround is to temporarily
+break the death test (e.g. by changing the regex pattern it is expected to
+match). Admittedly, this is a hack. We'll consider a more permanent solution
+after the fork-and-exec-style death tests are implemented.
+
+## The compiler complains about "no match for 'operator<<'" when I use an assertion. What gives?
+
+If you use a user-defined type `FooType` in an assertion, you must make sure
+there is an `std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream&, const FooType&)` function
+defined such that we can print a value of `FooType`.
+
+In addition, if `FooType` is declared in a name space, the `<<` operator also
+needs to be defined in the *same* name space. See https://abseil.io/tips/49 for details.
+
+## How do I suppress the memory leak messages on Windows?
+
+Since the statically initialized googletest singleton requires allocations on
+the heap, the Visual C++ memory leak detector will report memory leaks at the
+end of the program run. The easiest way to avoid this is to use the
+`_CrtMemCheckpoint` and `_CrtMemDumpAllObjectsSince` calls to not report any
+statically initialized heap objects. See MSDN for more details and additional
+heap check/debug routines.
+
+## How can my code detect if it is running in a test?
+
+If you write code that sniffs whether it's running in a test and does different
+things accordingly, you are leaking test-only logic into production code and
+there is no easy way to ensure that the test-only code paths aren't run by
+mistake in production. Such cleverness also leads to
+[Heisenbugs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenbug). Therefore we strongly
+advise against the practice, and googletest doesn't provide a way to do it.
+
+In general, the recommended way to cause the code to behave differently under
+test is [Dependency Injection](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency_injection). You can inject
+different functionality from the test and from the production code. Since your
+production code doesn't link in the for-test logic at all (the
+[`testonly`](https://docs.bazel.build/versions/master/be/common-definitions.html#common.testonly) attribute for BUILD targets helps to ensure
+that), there is no danger in accidentally running it.
+
+However, if you *really*, *really*, *really* have no choice, and if you follow
+the rule of ending your test program names with `_test`, you can use the
+*horrible* hack of sniffing your executable name (`argv[0]` in `main()`) to know
+whether the code is under test.
+
+## How do I temporarily disable a test?
+
+If you have a broken test that you cannot fix right away, you can add the
+DISABLED_ prefix to its name. This will exclude it from execution. This is
+better than commenting out the code or using #if 0, as disabled tests are still
+compiled (and thus won't rot).
+
+To include disabled tests in test execution, just invoke the test program with
+the --gtest_also_run_disabled_tests flag.
+
+## Is it OK if I have two separate `TEST(Foo, Bar)` test methods defined in different namespaces?
+
+Yes.
+
+The rule is **all test methods in the same test suite must use the same fixture
+class.** This means that the following is **allowed** because both tests use the
+same fixture class (`::testing::Test`).
+
+```c++
+namespace foo {
+TEST(CoolTest, DoSomething) {
+  SUCCEED();
+}
+}  // namespace foo
+
+namespace bar {
+TEST(CoolTest, DoSomething) {
+  SUCCEED();
+}
+}  // namespace bar
+```
+
+However, the following code is **not allowed** and will produce a runtime error
+from googletest because the test methods are using different test fixture
+classes with the same test suite name.
+
+```c++
+namespace foo {
+class CoolTest : public ::testing::Test {};  // Fixture foo::CoolTest
+TEST_F(CoolTest, DoSomething) {
+  SUCCEED();
+}
+}  // namespace foo
+
+namespace bar {
+class CoolTest : public ::testing::Test {};  // Fixture: bar::CoolTest
+TEST_F(CoolTest, DoSomething) {
+  SUCCEED();
+}
+}  // namespace bar
+```