Brad King wrote: >> This seems somehow wrong. Naming it based on some state 'right now' >> doesn't seem future proof. The 'MSVC' compiler id is not called >> 'Microsoft', the 'QCC' compiler id is not called 'QNX', 'XL' is not >> called 'IBM'. > > The PGI compiler id is "PGI". The PathScale compiler id is "PathScale". > The TI compiler id is "TI". The GNU compiler id is "GNU". The Cray > compiler id is "Cray". The Absoft compiler id is "Absoft". There is > plenty of precedent to use the vendor name.
I guess. I think part of the reason it seems wrong to me is that there is a platform id called 'APPLE' (different case) and a variable of that name There is also an existing GNU platorm/compiler id (same case). If the same name is to be used, is there any reason not to use the same case? Thanks, Steve. -- 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
