On 08/22/2012 09:09 AM, Peter Kümmel wrote: > I wouldn't introduce a variable which will become obsolete, because > of the backward compatibility matra such a variable could never be removed. > Why not simply document that SYMBOL_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY is currently only > supported for pdb files?
That's *because* of compatibility. It is easy to continue to support the PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY name in the future and simply ignore it if the future-named property is set. If we make SYMBOL_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY work only for PDB files now then in the future if we make it work for other toolchains then that will be a change in behavior for existing projects that expected it to work only for PDB files. -Brad -- 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
