Wow the property idea is perfect. I will use that instead. I tend to think too much in terms of either "variable" or "cache variable", I tend to forget about properties.
Thanks! --------- Robert Dailey On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Michael Wild <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/10/2011 02:57 PM, Robert Dailey wrote: > > I have an internal cache variable and I want to append items to it in a > > FOR loop using FORCE. Can list( APPEND ) do this for me? If not, can > > someone show me an example of how this would be done? What are the > > performance implications of each solution? > > > > --------- > > Robert Dailey > > AFAIK if the cache variable is INTERNAL, you don't need FORCE. > list(APPEND) can't do this for you, but you can use a un-cached variable > to assemble the list in the loop, and the set the INTERNAL cache > variable after the loop finished. > > Also, if the values in that variable are not supposed to be persistent > across multiple CMake runs, you might want to use a global property > instead. > > > Michael > -- > > 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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