On Wednesday 30 November 2011, Stephen Kelly wrote: > Brad King wrote: > > On 11/30/2011 9:09 AM, Stephen Kelly wrote: > >> Brad King wrote: > >>> Alex was proposing simply to provide the singular name as a variable > >>> but not > >>> to cache it. The only reason to cache a variable is when we're > >>> searching and > >>> need to let the user help out or override. In a Config.cmake file we > >>> know the answer. > >> > >> Ok, so you're saying the user should definitely not be able to override > >> the value, so it shouldn't be cached. The remaining question is whether > >> it should be provided anyway uncached for the reasons Alex described. If > >> that should be done, then I can do that. > > > > I don't mind providing it for convenience. However more variables means > > more variables. Users may not know which one to use when. I don't have > > a strong opinion either way. > > Ok, my opinion is to provide one variable in plural form for now. If there > is a reason to provide a singular form, we can add that later. Let's just > see what Alex and CLinton say before I do that.
I'd provide also the singular forms, but I don't have a strong opinion on it. Alex -- 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://public.kitware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
