Example for a compilation-required-to-fail test

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ add_subdirectory(AOBench)
 add_subdirectory(atomic)
 add_subdirectory(barrier)
 add_subdirectory(bitfield)
+add_subdirectory(compile_fail)
 add_subdirectory(dot)
 add_subdirectory(external_sm)
 #add_subdirectory(gstorm)

compile_fail/CMakeLists.txt

+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+project(compile_fail)
+enable_testing()
+
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+
+set(SOURCE_FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.cpp)
+
+add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${SOURCE_FILES})
+add_test(NAME ${PROJECT_NAME}
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} --target ${PROJECT_NAME})
+set_property(TEST ${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTY WILL_FAIL TRUE)

compile_fail/compile_fail.cpp

+int main()
+{
+  static_assert(false, "");
+}