Offering generator-expressions is a very good idea because it offers a global solution to this problem.
Now regarding the name of the generator, may be TO_NATIVE_PATH is not judicious, (even if problems explained in http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=5939 are, in my point of view, linked to platforms not well handled rather than wrong semantic of TO_NATIVE_PATH) but PATH_FOR_SHELL is, as well, ambiguous at least for two reasons: * commands defined in add_custom_command, for example, are directly executed without any shell evolved * A system can have multiple shells supporting different paths syntax. For example, on windows, my shell is tcsh which handle paths with ‘/‘ rather than ‘\' May be, TO_SYSTEM_PATH or TO_HOST_SYSTEM_PATH make more sense… Marc On 27/08/15 17:18, "cmake-developers on behalf of Brad King" <cmake-developers-boun...@cmake.org on behalf of brad.k...@kitware.com> wrote: >On 08/27/2015 10:06 AM, James Johnston wrote: >> I would vote naming it TO_NATIVE_PATH instead of PATH_FOR_SHELL, for >> consistency with the existing parameter in the file command. > >The file(TO_NATIVE_PATH) command is hopelessly ill-defined: > > http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=5939 > >See also existing discussion about a genex for such conversions: > > http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=15509 > >-Brad > >-- > >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 -- 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