I just wrote my own macro append_property(type name value) for this. example: append_property(SOURCE COMPILE_FLAGS "-x objective-c++" translate.cpp stuff.cpp) or append_property(TARGET COMPILE_FLAGS "foo" mytarget) etc
Would be nice to have that as an included macro, or at least a comment in the documentation about what happens when you pass in a list. /Johan On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Clifford Yapp <cliffy...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 5:14 AM, Glenn Coombs <glenn.coo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I haven't seen any discussion yet of my 2nd alternative of getting cmake > to > > automatically convert lists to space separated strings for certain > variables > > like CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE. If cmake did this then there would > be > > less need for the concat version of set() as one could just use the > existing > > list(APPEND) functionality. Is this a realistic possibility, or are > there > > implementation issues with this suggestion ? > > This surprised me as well - if you want to assemble a list of flags > "on the fly" (I needed to assemble lists of lists of flags - we pass a > lot of them) you have to take some care to either do the set trick > correctly or convert the list to a string at the "end" (if you can be > sure of where that is). > > Do I understand correctly that the main concern is the ability to pass > args with ";' characters in these cases? Then the question becomes > whether quoting ";" characters as needed in user-specified options is > tricker than navigating the current behavior. To be honest, I can see > where trying to specify an argument with a quoted ";" character from > the command line would get a bit messy (in a "ok, how do I quote this > from this enviornment" sort of way) - how common are ";" characters as > components of variable values? > > Cheers, > CY > _______________________________________________ > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake >
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