On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 14:16:40 -0700, Chris Bieneman wrote: > The only comment I think I didn’t directly update the document for was > Dan’s comment about GLOBAL properties. I kinda have mixed feelings > about GLOBAL properties. I know why we use them, but I’m not sure I > want to encourage people to use them. I think some of the places we > use them is just wrong.
Curious, but why? What alternative do you use? Using INTERNAL cache variables tends to have weird effects since they then persist between runs and if the variables aren't cleared at the start of configure diligently, you get old values left laying around (and has caused bugs in projects). Plus, updating them is easier since you don't have to keep doing `set(var full_val CACHE INTERNAL "")` and you have nice things like `set_property(GLOBAL APPEND)`. --Ben -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
