Merge branch 'biojppm-test_usercounters'

src/benchmark.cc

@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ BenchmarkReporter::Run CreateRunReport(
     report.complexity = b.complexity;
     report.complexity_lambda = b.complexity_lambda;
     report.counters = results.counters;
+    internal::Finish(&report.counters, seconds, b.threads);
   }
   return report;
 }

src/check.h

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <ostream>
+#include <cmath>
 
 #include "internal_macros.h"
 #include "log.h"
@@ -68,4 +69,11 @@ class CheckHandler {
 #define CHECK_GT(a, b) CHECK((a) > (b))
 #define CHECK_LT(a, b) CHECK((a) < (b))
 
+#define CHECK_FLOAT_EQ(a, b, eps) CHECK(std::fabs((a) - (b)) <  (eps))
+#define CHECK_FLOAT_NE(a, b, eps) CHECK(std::fabs((a) - (b)) >= (eps))
+#define CHECK_FLOAT_GE(a, b, eps) CHECK((a) - (b) > -(eps))
+#define CHECK_FLOAT_LE(a, b, eps) CHECK((b) - (a) > -(eps))
+#define CHECK_FLOAT_GT(a, b, eps) CHECK((a) - (b) >  (eps))
+#define CHECK_FLOAT_LT(a, b, eps) CHECK((b) - (a) >  (eps))
+
 #endif  // CHECK_H_

src/console_reporter.cc

@@ -53,11 +53,10 @@ bool ConsoleReporter::ReportContext(const Context& context) {
 
 void ConsoleReporter::PrintHeader(const Run& run) {
   std::string str =
-      FormatString("%-*s %13s %13s %10s\n", static_cast<int>(name_field_width_),
+      FormatString("%-*s %13s %13s %10s%s\n", static_cast<int>(name_field_width_),
-                   "Benchmark", "Time", "CPU", "Iterations");
+                   "Benchmark", "Time", "CPU", "Iterations",
-  if(!run.counters.empty()) {
+                   (run.counters.empty() ? "" : " UserCounters...")
-    str += " UserCounters...";
+          );
-  }
   std::string line = std::string(str.length(), '-');
   GetOutputStream() << line << "\n" << str << line << "\n";
 }
@@ -133,8 +132,9 @@ void ConsoleReporter::PrintRunData(const Run& result) {
   }
 
   for (auto& c : result.counters) {
-    auto const& s = HumanReadableNumber(c.second.value);
+    std::string s = HumanReadableNumber(c.second.value);
-    printer(Out, COLOR_DEFAULT, " %s=%s", c.first.c_str(), s.c_str());
+    const char* unit = ((c.second.flags & Counter::kIsRate) ? "/s" : "");
+    printer(Out, COLOR_DEFAULT, " %s=%s%s", c.first.c_str(), s.c_str(), unit);
   }
 
   if (!rate.empty()) {

src/counter.cc

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ double Finish(Counter const& c, double cpu_time, double num_threads) {
 
 void Finish(UserCounters *l, double cpu_time, double num_threads) {
   for (auto &c : *l) {
-    c.second = Finish(c.second, cpu_time, num_threads);
+    c.second.value = Finish(c.second, cpu_time, num_threads);
   }
 }
 
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void Increment(UserCounters *l, UserCounters const& r) {
   for (auto &c : *l) {
     auto it = r.find(c.first);
     if (it != r.end()) {
-      c.second = c.second + it->second;
+      c.second.value = c.second + it->second;
     }
   }
   // add counters present in r, but not in *l

test/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if (DEFINED BENCHMARK_CXX_LINKER_FLAGS)
   list(APPEND CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${BENCHMARK_CXX_LINKER_FLAGS})
 endif()
 
-add_library(output_test_helper STATIC output_test_helper.cc)
+add_library(output_test_helper STATIC output_test_helper.cc output_test.h)
 
 macro(compile_benchmark_test name)
   add_executable(${name} "${name}.cc")
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ add_test(multiple_ranges_test multiple_ranges_test --benchmark_min_time=0.01)
 compile_output_test(reporter_output_test)
 add_test(reporter_output_test reporter_output_test --benchmark_min_time=0.01)
 
+compile_output_test(user_counters_test)
+add_test(user_counters_test user_counters_test --benchmark_min_time=0.01)
+
 check_cxx_compiler_flag(-std=c++03 BENCHMARK_HAS_CXX03_FLAG)
 if (BENCHMARK_HAS_CXX03_FLAG)
   set(CXX03_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")

test/benchmark_test.cc

@@ -213,23 +213,6 @@ void BM_non_template_args(benchmark::State& state, int, double) {
 }
 BENCHMARK_CAPTURE(BM_non_template_args, basic_test, 0, 0);
 
-static void BM_UserCounter(benchmark::State& state) {
-  static const int depth = 1024;
-  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
-    benchmark::DoNotOptimize(CalculatePi(depth));
-  }
-  state.counters["Foo"] = 1;
-  state.counters["Bar"] = 2;
-  state.counters["Baz"] = 3;
-  state.counters["Bat"] = 5;
-#ifdef BENCHMARK_HAS_CXX11
-  state.counters.insert({{"Foo", 2}, {"Bar", 3}, {"Baz", 5}, {"Bat", 6}});
-#endif
-}
-BENCHMARK(BM_UserCounter)->Threads(8);
-BENCHMARK(BM_UserCounter)->ThreadRange(1, 32);
-BENCHMARK(BM_UserCounter)->ThreadPerCpu();
-
 #endif  // __cplusplus >= 201103L
 
 static void BM_DenseThreadRanges(benchmark::State& st) {

test/output_test.h

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <utility>
 #include <vector>
+#include <functional>
+#include <sstream>
 
 #include "../src/re.h"
 #include "benchmark/benchmark.h"
@@ -58,6 +60,134 @@ int SetSubstitutions(
 // Run all output tests.
 void RunOutputTests(int argc, char* argv[]);
 
+// ========================================================================= //
+// ------------------------- Results checking ------------------------------ //
+// ========================================================================= //
+
+// Call this macro to register a benchmark for checking its results. This
+// should be all that's needed. It subscribes a function to check the (CSV)
+// results of a benchmark. This is done only after verifying that the output
+// strings are really as expected.
+// bm_name_pattern: a name or a regex pattern which will be matched against
+//                  all the benchmark names. Matching benchmarks
+//                  will be the subject of a call to checker_function
+// checker_function: should be of type ResultsCheckFn (see below)
+#define CHECK_BENCHMARK_RESULTS(bm_name_pattern, checker_function) \
+    size_t CONCAT(dummy, __LINE__) = AddChecker(bm_name_pattern, checker_function)
+
+struct Results;
+typedef std::function< void(Results const&) > ResultsCheckFn;
+
+size_t AddChecker(const char* bm_name_pattern, ResultsCheckFn fn);
+
+// Class holding the results of a benchmark.
+// It is passed in calls to checker functions.
+struct Results {
+
+  // the benchmark name
+  std::string name;
+  // the benchmark fields
+  std::map< std::string, std::string > values;
+
+  Results(const std::string& n) : name(n) {}
+
+  int NumThreads() const;
+
+  typedef enum { kCpuTime, kRealTime } BenchmarkTime;
+
+  // get cpu_time or real_time in seconds
+  double GetTime(BenchmarkTime which) const;
+
+  // get the real_time duration of the benchmark in seconds.
+  // it is better to use fuzzy float checks for this, as the float
+  // ASCII formatting is lossy.
+  double DurationRealTime() const {
+    return GetAs< double >("iterations") * GetTime(kRealTime);
+  }
+  // get the cpu_time duration of the benchmark in seconds
+  double DurationCPUTime() const {
+    return GetAs< double >("iterations") * GetTime(kCpuTime);
+  }
+
+  // get the string for a result by name, or nullptr if the name
+  // is not found
+  const std::string* Get(const char* entry_name) const {
+    auto it = values.find(entry_name);
+    if(it == values.end()) return nullptr;
+    return &it->second;
+  }
+
+  // get a result by name, parsed as a specific type.
+  // NOTE: for counters, use GetCounterAs instead.
+  template <class T>
+  T GetAs(const char* entry_name) const;
+
+  // counters are written as doubles, so they have to be read first
+  // as a double, and only then converted to the asked type.
+  template <class T>
+  T GetCounterAs(const char* entry_name) const {
+    double dval = GetAs< double >(entry_name);
+    T tval = static_cast< T >(dval);
+    return tval;
+  }
+};
+
+template <class T>
+T Results::GetAs(const char* entry_name) const {
+  auto *sv = Get(entry_name);
+  CHECK(sv != nullptr && !sv->empty());
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  ss << *sv;
+  T out;
+  ss >> out;
+  CHECK(!ss.fail());
+  return out;
+}
+
+//----------------------------------
+// Macros to help in result checking. Do not use them with arguments causing
+// side-effects.
+
+#define _CHECK_RESULT_VALUE(entry, getfn, var_type, var_name, relationship, value) \
+    CONCAT(CHECK_, relationship)                                        \
+    (entry.getfn< var_type >(var_name), (value)) << "\n"                \
+    << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << ": " << (entry).name << ":\n"     \
+    << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << ": "                              \
+    << "expected (" << #var_type << ")" << (var_name)                   \
+    << "=" << (entry).getfn< var_type >(var_name)                       \
+    << " to be " #relationship " to " << (value) << "\n"
+
+// check with tolerance. eps_factor is the tolerance window, which is
+// interpreted relative to value (eg, 0.1 means 10% of value).
+#define _CHECK_FLOAT_RESULT_VALUE(entry, getfn, var_type, var_name, relationship, value, eps_factor) \
+    CONCAT(CHECK_FLOAT_, relationship)                                  \
+    (entry.getfn< var_type >(var_name), (value), (eps_factor) * (value)) << "\n" \
+    << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << ": " << (entry).name << ":\n"     \
+    << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << ": "                              \
+    << "expected (" << #var_type << ")" << (var_name)                   \
+    << "=" << (entry).getfn< var_type >(var_name)                       \
+    << " to be " #relationship " to " << (value) << "\n"                \
+    << __FILE__ << ":" << __LINE__ << ": "                              \
+    << "with tolerance of " << (eps_factor) * (value)                   \
+    << " (" << (eps_factor)*100. << "%), "                              \
+    << "but delta was " << ((entry).getfn< var_type >(var_name) - (value)) \
+    << " (" << (((entry).getfn< var_type >(var_name) - (value))         \
+               /                                                        \
+               ((value) > 1.e-5 || value < -1.e-5 ? value : 1.e-5)*100.) \
+    << "%)"
+
+#define CHECK_RESULT_VALUE(entry, var_type, var_name, relationship, value) \
+    _CHECK_RESULT_VALUE(entry, GetAs, var_type, var_name, relationship, value)
+
+#define CHECK_COUNTER_VALUE(entry, var_type, var_name, relationship, value) \
+    _CHECK_RESULT_VALUE(entry, GetCounterAs, var_type, var_name, relationship, value)
+
+#define CHECK_FLOAT_RESULT_VALUE(entry, var_name, relationship, value, eps_factor) \
+    _CHECK_FLOAT_RESULT_VALUE(entry, GetAs, double, var_name, relationship, value, eps_factor)
+
+#define CHECK_FLOAT_COUNTER_VALUE(entry, var_name, relationship, value, eps_factor) \
+    _CHECK_FLOAT_RESULT_VALUE(entry, GetCounterAs, double, var_name, relationship, value, eps_factor)
+
 // ========================================================================= //
 // --------------------------- Misc Utilities ------------------------------ //
 // ========================================================================= //

test/output_test_helper.cc

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <memory>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <cstring>
 
 #include "../src/check.h"  // NOTE: check.h is for internal use only!
 #include "../src/re.h"     // NOTE: re.h is for internal use only
@@ -34,17 +35,25 @@ SubMap& GetSubstitutions() {
   static std::string safe_dec_re = "[0-9]*[.]?[0-9]+([eE][-+][0-9]+)?";
   static SubMap map = {
       {"%float", "[0-9]*[.]?[0-9]+([eE][-+][0-9]+)?"},
+      // human-readable float
+      {"%hrfloat", "[0-9]*[.]?[0-9]+([eE][-+][0-9]+)?[kMGTPEZYmunpfazy]?"},
       {"%int", "[ ]*[0-9]+"},
       {" %s ", "[ ]+"},
       {"%time", "[ ]*[0-9]{1,5} ns"},
       {"%console_report", "[ ]*[0-9]{1,5} ns [ ]*[0-9]{1,5} ns [ ]*[0-9]+"},
       {"%console_us_report", "[ ]*[0-9] us [ ]*[0-9] us [ ]*[0-9]+"},
+      {"%csv_header",
+       "name,iterations,real_time,cpu_time,time_unit,bytes_per_second,"
+       "items_per_second,label,error_occurred,error_message"},
       {"%csv_report", "[0-9]+," + safe_dec_re + "," + safe_dec_re + ",ns,,,,,"},
       {"%csv_us_report", "[0-9]+," + safe_dec_re + "," + safe_dec_re + ",us,,,,,"},
       {"%csv_bytes_report",
        "[0-9]+," + safe_dec_re + "," + safe_dec_re + ",ns," + safe_dec_re + ",,,,"},
       {"%csv_items_report",
        "[0-9]+," + safe_dec_re + "," + safe_dec_re + ",ns,," + safe_dec_re + ",,,"},
+      {"%csv_bytes_items_report",
+       "[0-9]+," + safe_dec_re + "," + safe_dec_re + ",ns," + safe_dec_re +
+       "," + safe_dec_re + ",,,"},
       {"%csv_label_report_begin", "[0-9]+," + safe_dec_re + "," + safe_dec_re + ",ns,,,"},
       {"%csv_label_report_end", ",,"}};
   return map;
@@ -140,8 +149,180 @@ class TestReporter : public benchmark::BenchmarkReporter {
   std::vector<benchmark::BenchmarkReporter *> reporters_;
 };
 }
+
 }  // end namespace internal
 
+// ========================================================================= //
+// -------------------------- Results checking ----------------------------- //
+// ========================================================================= //
+
+namespace internal {
+
+// Utility class to manage subscribers for checking benchmark results.
+// It works by parsing the CSV output to read the results.
+class ResultsChecker {
+ public:
+
+  struct PatternAndFn : public TestCase { // reusing TestCase for its regexes
+    PatternAndFn(const std::string& rx, ResultsCheckFn fn_)
+    : TestCase(rx), fn(fn_) {}
+    ResultsCheckFn fn;
+  };
+
+  std::vector< PatternAndFn > check_patterns;
+  std::vector< Results > results;
+  std::vector< std::string > field_names;
+
+  void Add(const std::string& entry_pattern, ResultsCheckFn fn);
+
+  void CheckResults(std::stringstream& output);
+
+ private:
+
+  void SetHeader_(const std::string& csv_header);
+  void SetValues_(const std::string& entry_csv_line);
+
+  std::vector< std::string > SplitCsv_(const std::string& line);
+
+};
+
+// store the static ResultsChecker in a function to prevent initialization
+// order problems
+ResultsChecker& GetResultsChecker() {
+  static ResultsChecker rc;
+  return rc;
+}
+
+// add a results checker for a benchmark
+void ResultsChecker::Add(const std::string& entry_pattern, ResultsCheckFn fn) {
+  check_patterns.emplace_back(entry_pattern, fn);
+}
+
+// check the results of all subscribed benchmarks
+void ResultsChecker::CheckResults(std::stringstream& output) {
+  // first reset the stream to the start
+  {
+    auto start = std::ios::streampos(0);
+    // clear before calling tellg()
+    output.clear();
+    // seek to zero only when needed
+    if(output.tellg() > start) output.seekg(start);
+    // and just in case
+    output.clear();
+  }
+  // now go over every line and publish it to the ResultsChecker
+  std::string line;
+  bool on_first = true;
+  while (output.eof() == false) {
+    CHECK(output.good());
+    std::getline(output, line);
+    if (on_first) {
+      SetHeader_(line); // this is important
+      on_first = false;
+      continue;
+    }
+    SetValues_(line);
+  }
+  // finally we can call the subscribed check functions
+  for(const auto& p : check_patterns) {
+    VLOG(2) << "--------------------------------\n";
+    VLOG(2) << "checking for benchmarks matching " << p.regex_str << "...\n";
+    for(const auto& r : results) {
+      if(!p.regex->Match(r.name)) {
+        VLOG(2) << p.regex_str << " is not matched by " << r.name << "\n";
+        continue;
+      }
+      else {
+        VLOG(2) << p.regex_str << " is matched by " << r.name << "\n";
+      }
+      VLOG(1) << "Checking results of " << r.name << ": ... \n";
+      p.fn(r);
+      VLOG(1) << "Checking results of " << r.name << ": OK.\n";
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// prepare for the names in this header
+void ResultsChecker::SetHeader_(const std::string& csv_header) {
+  field_names = SplitCsv_(csv_header);
+}
+
+// set the values for a benchmark
+void ResultsChecker::SetValues_(const std::string& entry_csv_line) {
+  if(entry_csv_line.empty()) return; // some lines are empty
+  CHECK(!field_names.empty());
+  auto vals = SplitCsv_(entry_csv_line);
+  CHECK_EQ(vals.size(), field_names.size());
+  results.emplace_back(vals[0]); // vals[0] is the benchmark name
+  auto &entry = results.back();
+  for (size_t i = 1, e = vals.size(); i < e; ++i) {
+    entry.values[field_names[i]] = vals[i];
+  }
+}
+
+// a quick'n'dirty csv splitter (eliminating quotes)
+std::vector< std::string > ResultsChecker::SplitCsv_(const std::string& line) {
+  std::vector< std::string > out;
+  if(line.empty()) return out;
+  if(!field_names.empty()) out.reserve(field_names.size());
+  size_t prev = 0, pos = line.find_first_of(','), curr = pos;
+  while(pos != line.npos) {
+    CHECK(curr > 0);
+    if(line[prev] == '"') ++prev;
+    if(line[curr-1] == '"') --curr;
+    out.push_back(line.substr(prev, curr-prev));
+    prev = pos + 1;
+    pos = line.find_first_of(',', pos + 1);
+    curr = pos;
+  }
+  curr = line.size();
+  if(line[prev] == '"') ++prev;
+  if(line[curr-1] == '"') --curr;
+  out.push_back(line.substr(prev, curr-prev));
+  return out;
+}
+
+}  // end namespace internal
+
+size_t AddChecker(const char* bm_name, ResultsCheckFn fn)
+{
+  auto &rc = internal::GetResultsChecker();
+  rc.Add(bm_name, fn);
+  return rc.results.size();
+}
+
+int Results::NumThreads() const {
+  auto pos = name.find("/threads:");
+  if(pos == name.npos) return 1;
+  auto end = name.find('/', pos + 9);
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  ss << name.substr(pos + 9, end);
+  int num = 1;
+  ss >> num;
+  CHECK(!ss.fail());
+  return num;
+}
+
+double Results::GetTime(BenchmarkTime which) const {
+  CHECK(which == kCpuTime || which == kRealTime);
+  const char *which_str = which == kCpuTime ? "cpu_time" : "real_time";
+  double val = GetAs< double >(which_str);
+  auto unit = Get("time_unit");
+  CHECK(unit);
+  if(*unit == "ns") {
+    return val * 1.e-9;
+  } else if(*unit == "us") {
+    return val * 1.e-6;
+  } else if(*unit == "ms") {
+    return val * 1.e-3;
+  } else if(*unit == "s") {
+    return val;
+  } else {
+    CHECK(1 == 0) << "unknown time unit: " << *unit;
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
+
 // ========================================================================= //
 // -------------------------- Public API Definitions------------------------ //
 // ========================================================================= //
@@ -231,4 +412,11 @@ void RunOutputTests(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 
     std::cout << "\n";
   }
+
+  // now that we know the output is as expected, we can dispatch
+  // the checks to subscribees.
+  auto &csv = TestCases[2];
+  // would use == but gcc spits a warning
+  CHECK(std::strcmp(csv.name, "CSVReporter") == 0);
+  internal::GetResultsChecker().CheckResults(csv.out_stream);
 }

test/reporter_output_test.cc

@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ ADD_CASES(TC_ConsoleOut,
           {{"^[-]+$", MR_Next},
            {"^Benchmark %s Time %s CPU %s Iterations$", MR_Next},
            {"^[-]+$", MR_Next}});
-ADD_CASES(TC_CSVOut,
+ADD_CASES(TC_CSVOut, {{"%csv_header"}});
-          {{"name,iterations,real_time,cpu_time,time_unit,bytes_per_second,"
-            "items_per_second,label,error_occurred,error_message"}});
 
 // ========================================================================= //
 // ------------------------ Testing Basic Output --------------------------- //

test/user_counters_test.cc

@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+
+#undef NDEBUG
+
+#include "benchmark/benchmark.h"
+#include "output_test.h"
+
+// ========================================================================= //
+// ---------------------- Testing Prologue Output -------------------------- //
+// ========================================================================= //
+
+ADD_CASES(TC_ConsoleOut,
+          {{"^[-]+$", MR_Next},
+           {"^Benchmark %s Time %s CPU %s Iterations UserCounters...$", MR_Next},
+           {"^[-]+$", MR_Next}});
+ADD_CASES(TC_CSVOut, {{"%csv_header,\"bar\",\"foo\""}});
+
+// ========================================================================= //
+// ------------------------- Simple Counters Output ------------------------ //
+// ========================================================================= //
+
+void BM_Counters_Simple(benchmark::State& state) {
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+  }
+  state.counters["foo"] = 1;
+  state.counters["bar"] = 2 * (double)state.iterations();
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_Counters_Simple);
+ADD_CASES(TC_ConsoleOut, {{"^BM_Counters_Simple %console_report bar=%hrfloat foo=%hrfloat$"}});
+ADD_CASES(TC_JSONOut, {{"\"name\": \"BM_Counters_Simple\",$"},
+                       {"\"iterations\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"real_time\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"cpu_time\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"time_unit\": \"ns\",$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"bar\": %float,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"foo\": %float$", MR_Next},
+                       {"}", MR_Next}});
+ADD_CASES(TC_CSVOut, {{"^\"BM_Counters_Simple\",%csv_report,%float,%float$"}});
+// VS2013 does not allow this function to be passed as a lambda argument
+// to CHECK_BENCHMARK_RESULTS()
+void CheckSimple(Results const& e) {
+  double its = e.GetAs< double >("iterations");
+  CHECK_COUNTER_VALUE(e, int, "foo", EQ, 1);
+  // check that the value of bar is within 0.1% of the expected value
+  CHECK_FLOAT_COUNTER_VALUE(e, "bar", EQ, 2.*its, 0.001);
+}
+CHECK_BENCHMARK_RESULTS("BM_Counters_Simple", &CheckSimple);
+
+// ========================================================================= //
+// --------------------- Counters+Items+Bytes/s Output --------------------- //
+// ========================================================================= //
+
+namespace { int num_calls1 = 0; }
+void BM_Counters_WithBytesAndItemsPSec(benchmark::State& state) {
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+  }
+  state.counters["foo"] = 1;
+  state.counters["bar"] = ++num_calls1;
+  state.SetBytesProcessed(364);
+  state.SetItemsProcessed(150);
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_Counters_WithBytesAndItemsPSec);
+ADD_CASES(TC_ConsoleOut,
+          {{"^BM_Counters_WithBytesAndItemsPSec %console_report "
+            "bar=%hrfloat foo=%hrfloat +%hrfloatB/s +%hrfloat items/s$"}});
+ADD_CASES(TC_JSONOut, {{"\"name\": \"BM_Counters_WithBytesAndItemsPSec\",$"},
+                       {"\"iterations\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"real_time\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"cpu_time\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"time_unit\": \"ns\",$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"bytes_per_second\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"items_per_second\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"bar\": %float,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"foo\": %float$", MR_Next},
+                       {"}", MR_Next}});
+ADD_CASES(TC_CSVOut, {{"^\"BM_Counters_WithBytesAndItemsPSec\","
+                       "%csv_bytes_items_report,%float,%float$"}});
+// VS2013 does not allow this function to be passed as a lambda argument
+// to CHECK_BENCHMARK_RESULTS()
+void CheckBytesAndItemsPSec(Results const& e) {
+  double t = e.DurationCPUTime(); // this (and not real time) is the time used
+  CHECK_COUNTER_VALUE(e, int, "foo", EQ, 1);
+  CHECK_COUNTER_VALUE(e, int, "bar", EQ, num_calls1);
+  // check that the values are within 0.1% of the expected values
+  CHECK_FLOAT_RESULT_VALUE(e, "bytes_per_second", EQ, 364./t, 0.001);
+  CHECK_FLOAT_RESULT_VALUE(e, "items_per_second", EQ, 150./t, 0.001);
+}
+CHECK_BENCHMARK_RESULTS("BM_Counters_WithBytesAndItemsPSec",
+                        &CheckBytesAndItemsPSec);
+
+// ========================================================================= //
+// ------------------------- Rate Counters Output -------------------------- //
+// ========================================================================= //
+
+void BM_Counters_Rate(benchmark::State& state) {
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+  }
+  namespace bm = benchmark;
+  state.counters["foo"] = bm::Counter{1, bm::Counter::kIsRate};
+  state.counters["bar"] = bm::Counter{2, bm::Counter::kIsRate};
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_Counters_Rate);
+ADD_CASES(TC_ConsoleOut, {{"^BM_Counters_Rate %console_report bar=%hrfloat/s foo=%hrfloat/s$"}});
+ADD_CASES(TC_JSONOut, {{"\"name\": \"BM_Counters_Rate\",$"},
+                       {"\"iterations\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"real_time\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"cpu_time\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"time_unit\": \"ns\",$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"bar\": %float,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"foo\": %float$", MR_Next},
+                       {"}", MR_Next}});
+ADD_CASES(TC_CSVOut, {{"^\"BM_Counters_Rate\",%csv_report,%float,%float$"}});
+// VS2013 does not allow this function to be passed as a lambda argument
+// to CHECK_BENCHMARK_RESULTS()
+void CheckRate(Results const& e) {
+  double t = e.DurationCPUTime(); // this (and not real time) is the time used
+  // check that the values are within 0.1% of the expected values
+  CHECK_FLOAT_COUNTER_VALUE(e, "foo", EQ, 1./t, 0.001);
+  CHECK_FLOAT_COUNTER_VALUE(e, "bar", EQ, 2./t, 0.001);
+}
+CHECK_BENCHMARK_RESULTS("BM_Counters_Rate", &CheckRate);
+
+// ========================================================================= //
+// ------------------------- Thread Counters Output ------------------------ //
+// ========================================================================= //
+
+void BM_Counters_Threads(benchmark::State& state) {
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+  }
+  state.counters["foo"] = 1;
+  state.counters["bar"] = 2;
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_Counters_Threads)->ThreadRange(1, 8);
+ADD_CASES(TC_ConsoleOut, {{"^BM_Counters_Threads/threads:%int %console_report bar=%hrfloat foo=%hrfloat$"}});
+ADD_CASES(TC_JSONOut, {{"\"name\": \"BM_Counters_Threads/threads:%int\",$"},
+                       {"\"iterations\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"real_time\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"cpu_time\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"time_unit\": \"ns\",$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"bar\": %float,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"foo\": %float$", MR_Next},
+                       {"}", MR_Next}});
+ADD_CASES(TC_CSVOut, {{"^\"BM_Counters_Threads/threads:%int\",%csv_report,%float,%float$"}});
+// VS2013 does not allow this function to be passed as a lambda argument
+// to CHECK_BENCHMARK_RESULTS()
+void CheckThreads(Results const& e) {
+  CHECK_COUNTER_VALUE(e, int, "foo", EQ, e.NumThreads());
+  CHECK_COUNTER_VALUE(e, int, "bar", EQ, 2 * e.NumThreads());
+}
+CHECK_BENCHMARK_RESULTS("BM_Counters_Threads/threads:%int", &CheckThreads);
+
+// ========================================================================= //
+// ---------------------- ThreadAvg Counters Output ------------------------ //
+// ========================================================================= //
+
+void BM_Counters_AvgThreads(benchmark::State& state) {
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+  }
+  namespace bm = benchmark;
+  state.counters["foo"] = bm::Counter{1, bm::Counter::kAvgThreads};
+  state.counters["bar"] = bm::Counter{2, bm::Counter::kAvgThreads};
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_Counters_AvgThreads)->ThreadRange(1, 8);
+ADD_CASES(TC_ConsoleOut, {{"^BM_Counters_AvgThreads/threads:%int %console_report bar=%hrfloat foo=%hrfloat$"}});
+ADD_CASES(TC_JSONOut, {{"\"name\": \"BM_Counters_AvgThreads/threads:%int\",$"},
+                       {"\"iterations\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"real_time\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"cpu_time\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"time_unit\": \"ns\",$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"bar\": %float,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"foo\": %float$", MR_Next},
+                       {"}", MR_Next}});
+ADD_CASES(TC_CSVOut, {{"^\"BM_Counters_AvgThreads/threads:%int\",%csv_report,%float,%float$"}});
+// VS2013 does not allow this function to be passed as a lambda argument
+// to CHECK_BENCHMARK_RESULTS()
+void CheckAvgThreads(Results const& e) {
+  CHECK_COUNTER_VALUE(e, int, "foo", EQ, 1);
+  CHECK_COUNTER_VALUE(e, int, "bar", EQ, 2);
+}
+CHECK_BENCHMARK_RESULTS("BM_Counters_AvgThreads/threads:%int",
+                        &CheckAvgThreads);
+
+// ========================================================================= //
+// ---------------------- ThreadAvg Counters Output ------------------------ //
+// ========================================================================= //
+
+void BM_Counters_AvgThreadsRate(benchmark::State& state) {
+  while (state.KeepRunning()) {
+  }
+  namespace bm = benchmark;
+  state.counters["foo"] = bm::Counter{1, bm::Counter::kAvgThreadsRate};
+  state.counters["bar"] = bm::Counter{2, bm::Counter::kAvgThreadsRate};
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_Counters_AvgThreadsRate)->ThreadRange(1, 8);
+ADD_CASES(TC_ConsoleOut, {{"^BM_Counters_AvgThreadsRate/threads:%int %console_report bar=%hrfloat/s foo=%hrfloat/s$"}});
+ADD_CASES(TC_JSONOut, {{"\"name\": \"BM_Counters_AvgThreadsRate/threads:%int\",$"},
+                       {"\"iterations\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"real_time\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"cpu_time\": %int,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"time_unit\": \"ns\",$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"bar\": %float,$", MR_Next},
+                       {"\"foo\": %float$", MR_Next},
+                       {"}", MR_Next}});
+ADD_CASES(TC_CSVOut, {{"^\"BM_Counters_AvgThreadsRate/threads:%int\",%csv_report,%float,%float$"}});
+// VS2013 does not allow this function to be passed as a lambda argument
+// to CHECK_BENCHMARK_RESULTS()
+void CheckAvgThreadsRate(Results const& e) {
+  CHECK_FLOAT_COUNTER_VALUE(e, "foo", EQ, 1./e.DurationCPUTime(), 0.001);
+  CHECK_FLOAT_COUNTER_VALUE(e, "bar", EQ, 2./e.DurationCPUTime(), 0.001);
+}
+CHECK_BENCHMARK_RESULTS("BM_Counters_AvgThreadsRate/threads:%int",
+                        &CheckAvgThreadsRate);
+
+// ========================================================================= //
+// --------------------------- TEST CASES END ------------------------------ //
+// ========================================================================= //
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { RunOutputTests(argc, argv); }