On 02/15/2014 05:56 AM, Stephen Kelly wrote:
> If a project() command is not written in used code, cmake will generate one. 

Historically this was meant to keep the hello-world example down to just
a single line calling add_executable.  With the modern complexities of
project() and cmake_minimum_required() functionality perhaps it is time
to drop that goal.

> Does it make sense to add a policy to CMake 3.0 requiring that the project() 
> command be present and come after cmake_minimum_required(), and generating 
> the project() only in OLD behavior?

I'd like to wait until after 3.0 for that.

-Brad

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