Re: [CMake] An observation about CTest

2010-06-28 Thread Michael Wild
On 28. Jun, 2010, at 7:03 , Andreas Mohr wrote: Hello, On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 05:09:41PM -0400, cmake-requ...@cmake.org wrote: Your remarks focus on old-fashioned macros so it is possible you are not aware of functions? As far as I know, most or all macros can be replaced by functions

Re: [CMake] An observation about CTest

2010-06-28 Thread Michael Hertling
On 06/28/2010 08:55 AM, Michael Wild wrote: On 28. Jun, 2010, at 7:03 , Andreas Mohr wrote: Hello, On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 05:09:41PM -0400, cmake-requ...@cmake.org wrote: Your remarks focus on old-fashioned macros so it is possible you are not aware of functions? As far as I know, most

Re: [CMake] An observation about CTest

2010-06-28 Thread Alan W. Irwin
On 2010-06-28 07:03+0200 Andreas Mohr wrote: Hello, On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 05:09:41PM -0400, cmake-requ...@cmake.org wrote: Your remarks focus on old-fashioned macros so it is possible you are not aware of functions? As far as I know, most or all macros can be replaced by functions which do

Re: [CMake] An observation about CTest

2010-06-27 Thread Convey, Christian J CIV NUWC NWPT
I don't expect a lot of support for what I'm about to say, but I think it's perhaps worth saying anyway... It seems like CMake's and CTest's have outgrown their scripting languages. As far as I can tell, all CMake/CTest variables are either macro formal parameters, or variables in a single

Re: [CMake] An observation about CTest

2010-06-27 Thread Eric Noulard
2010/6/27 Convey, Christian J CIV NUWC NWPT christian.con...@navy.mil: I don't expect a lot of support for what I'm about to say, but I think it's perhaps worth saying anyway... It seems like CMake's and CTest's have outgrown their scripting languages. As far as I can tell, all CMake/CTest

Re: [CMake] An observation about CTest

2010-06-27 Thread Convey, Christian J CIV NUWC NWPT
To: Convey, Christian J CIV NUWC NWPT Cc: alokgo...@hotmail.com; cmake@cmake.org Subject: Re: [CMake] An observation about CTest 2010/6/27 Convey, Christian J CIV NUWC NWPT christian.con...@navy.mil: I don't expect a lot of support for what I'm about to say, but I think it's perhaps worth

Re: [CMake] An observation about CTest

2010-06-27 Thread Alan W. Irwin
Your remarks focus on old-fashioned macros so it is possible you are not aware of functions? As far as I know, most or all macros can be replaced by functions which do have the nice property of not polluting the global namespace. So newly developed build systems should use functions wherever

Re: [CMake] An observation about CTest

2010-06-27 Thread Convey, Christian J CIV NUWC NWPT
. Irwin [mailto:ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca] Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 16:49 To: Convey, Christian J CIV NUWC NWPT Cc: alokgo...@hotmail.com; cmake@cmake.org Subject: Re: [CMake] An observation about CTest Your remarks focus on old-fashioned macros so it is possible you are not aware

Re: [CMake] An observation about CTest

2010-06-27 Thread Chris Hillery
. Irwin [mailto:ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca] Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 16:49 To: Convey, Christian J CIV NUWC NWPT Cc: alokgo...@hotmail.com; cmake@cmake.org Subject: Re: [CMake] An observation about CTest Your remarks focus on old-fashioned macros so it is possible you are not aware

Re: [CMake] An observation about CTest

2010-06-27 Thread Andreas Mohr
Hello, On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 05:09:41PM -0400, cmake-requ...@cmake.org wrote: Your remarks focus on old-fashioned macros so it is possible you are not aware of functions? As far as I know, most or all macros can be replaced by functions which do have the nice property of not polluting the

Re: [CMake] An observation about CTest

2010-06-25 Thread Alok Govil
Subject: [CMake] An observation about CTest Hi guys, First off, I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who's helped me figure out how to use CTest in the past few weeks. I'm very grateful to you and to those who develop CTest. I'd like to offer one piece of constructive criticism

[CMake] An observation about CTest

2010-06-24 Thread Convey, Christian J CIV NUWC NWPT
Hi guys, First off, I'd like to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who's helped me figure out how to use CTest in the past few weeks. I'm very grateful to you and to those who develop CTest. I'd like to offer one piece of constructive criticism about ctest. If found learning how to use it