diff -r 994c7df296c9 -r 1b89e29c9fc7 test/test_tools.h
--- a/test/test_tools.h	Thu Dec 10 17:05:35 2009 +0100
+++ b/test/test_tools.h	Thu Dec 10 17:18:25 2009 +0100
@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@
 ///\code check(0==1,"This is obviously false.");\endcode will
 ///print something like this (and then exits).
 ///\verbatim file_name.cc:123: error: This is obviously false. \endverbatim
-#define check(rc, msg) \
-  if(!(rc)) { \
-    std::cerr << __FILE__ ":" << __LINE__ << ": error: " << msg << std::endl; \
-    abort(); \
-  } else { } \
+#define check(rc, msg)                                                  \
+  {                                                                     \
+    if(!(rc)) {                                                         \
+      std::cerr << __FILE__ ":" << __LINE__ << ": error: "              \
+                << msg << std::endl;                                    \
+      abort();                                                          \
+    } else { }                                                          \
+  }                                                                     \
+    
 
 #endif