Changes default of --gtest_catch_exceptions to true.

src/gtest.cc

@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ GTEST_DEFINE_bool_(
 
 GTEST_DEFINE_bool_(
     catch_exceptions,
-    internal::BoolFromGTestEnv("catch_exceptions", false),
+    internal::BoolFromGTestEnv("catch_exceptions", true),
     "True iff " GTEST_NAME_
     " should catch exceptions and treat them as test failures.");
 
@@ -4711,8 +4711,9 @@ static const char kColorEncodedHelpMessage[] =
 "      Turn assertion failures into debugger break-points.\n"
 "  @G--" GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ "throw_on_failure@D\n"
 "      Turn assertion failures into C++ exceptions.\n"
-"  @G--" GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ "catch_exceptions@D\n"
-"      Suppress pop-ups caused by exceptions.\n"
+"  @G--" GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ "catch_exceptions=0@D\n"
+"      Do not report exceptions as test failures. Instead, allow them\n"
+"      to crash the program or throw a pop-up (on Windows).\n"
 "\n"
 "Except for @G--" GTEST_FLAG_PREFIX_ "list_tests@D, you can alternatively set "
     "the corresponding\n"

test/gtest_catch_exceptions_test.py

@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ import os
 import gtest_test_utils
 
 # Constants.
-LIST_TESTS_FLAG = '--gtest_list_tests'
-CATCH_EXCEPTIONS_FLAG = '--gtest_catch_exceptions=1'
-FILTER_FLAG='--gtest_filter'
+FLAG_PREFIX = '--gtest_'
+LIST_TESTS_FLAG = FLAG_PREFIX + 'list_tests'
+NO_CATCH_EXCEPTIONS_FLAG = FLAG_PREFIX + 'catch_exceptions=0'
+FILTER_FLAG = FLAG_PREFIX + 'filter'
 
 # Path to the gtest_catch_exceptions_ex_test_ binary, compiled with
 # exceptions enabled.
@@ -61,11 +62,9 @@ TEST_LIST = gtest_test_utils.Subprocess([EXE_PATH, LIST_TESTS_FLAG]).output
 SUPPORTS_SEH_EXCEPTIONS = 'ThrowsSehException' in TEST_LIST
 
 if SUPPORTS_SEH_EXCEPTIONS:
-  BINARY_OUTPUT = gtest_test_utils.Subprocess([EXE_PATH,
-                                               CATCH_EXCEPTIONS_FLAG]).output
+  BINARY_OUTPUT = gtest_test_utils.Subprocess([EXE_PATH]).output
 
-EX_BINARY_OUTPUT = gtest_test_utils.Subprocess([EX_EXE_PATH,
-                                                CATCH_EXCEPTIONS_FLAG]).output
+EX_BINARY_OUTPUT = gtest_test_utils.Subprocess([EX_EXE_PATH]).output
 
 # The tests.
 if SUPPORTS_SEH_EXCEPTIONS:
@@ -208,7 +207,9 @@ class CatchCxxExceptionsTest(gtest_test_utils.TestCase):
     FITLER_OUT_SEH_TESTS_FLAG = FILTER_FLAG + '=-*Seh*'
     # By default, Google Test doesn't catch the exceptions.
     uncaught_exceptions_ex_binary_output = gtest_test_utils.Subprocess(
-        [EX_EXE_PATH, FITLER_OUT_SEH_TESTS_FLAG]).output
+        [EX_EXE_PATH,
+         NO_CATCH_EXCEPTIONS_FLAG,
+         FITLER_OUT_SEH_TESTS_FLAG]).output
 
     self.assert_('Unhandled C++ exception terminating the program'
                  in uncaught_exceptions_ex_binary_output)

test/gtest_env_var_test.py

@@ -92,9 +92,7 @@ class GTestEnvVarTest(gtest_test_utils.TestCase):
     TestFlag('repeat', '999', '1')
     TestFlag('throw_on_failure', '1', '0')
     TestFlag('death_test_style', 'threadsafe', 'fast')
-
-    if IS_WINDOWS:
-      TestFlag('catch_exceptions', '1', '0')
+    TestFlag('catch_exceptions', '0', '1')
 
     if IS_LINUX:
       TestFlag('death_test_use_fork', '1', '0')

test/gtest_help_test.py

@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ HELP_REGEX = re.compile(
     FLAG_PREFIX + r'output=.*' +
     FLAG_PREFIX + r'break_on_failure.*' +
     FLAG_PREFIX + r'throw_on_failure.*' +
-    FLAG_PREFIX + r'catch_exceptions.*',
+    FLAG_PREFIX + r'catch_exceptions=0.*',
     re.DOTALL)