On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Andrea Crotti <andrea.crott...@gmail.com> wrote: > I find not so nice that CMake doesn't complain at all if some variables are > not defined. > Is there a way to make it complain if a variable used is actually blank? > > In the meanwhile I ended up with this: > > set(COMPULSORY_ARGUMENTS PSI) > set(OPTIONAL_ARGUMENTS WORKSPACE CONTAINER_PATHS) > > macro (check_compulsory_variable var) > if (NOT DEFINED ${var}) > message(FATAL_ERROR "variable ${var} is not defined") > endif () > endmacro () > > macro (check_optional_variable var) > if (NOT DEFINED ${var}) > message(WARNING "variable ${var} is not defined") > endif () > endmacro () > > foreach (arg ${COMPULSORY_ARGUMENTS}) > check_compulsory_variable(${arg}) > endforeach () > > foreach (arg ${OPTIONAL_ARGUMENTS}) > check_optional_variable(${arg}) > endforeach () > > > which is not great but it does the job. > Any better solutions? > -- > > 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
You could try using the command line flags "--warn-uninitialized" and/or "--warn-unused-vars" to produce warnings about such situations... -- 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