On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:44 AM, SF Markus Elfring < elfr...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> There are links to the "well known by CMake" properties that exist on >> various >> entities: global, directories, targets, tests, files, cache variables. >> > > I have not overlooked the description for them. > > I guess that these properties were extended during CMake history. I do not > want to convert this part of the documentation into a separate data base for > the support of enhanced queries. I would appreciate if the CMake programming > interface can provide sophisticated introspection capabilities directly. > > > > However, the property mechanism allows project-specific extension of the >> set of >> properties on many of these entities. So these lists are incomplete. >> > > How can such extensions be dynamically listed? At present, they cannot be dynamically listed. Having that capability would be a good idea, but it's not there yet. > > > Is there a concrete problem you are trying to solve by asking these >> questions? >> > > Yes, of course. - My feature request is mostly for debugging purposes. > > If there are problems or unexpected results for a target, I would like to > know exactly which variables and properties were active in the affected > situation. > OK, great. Let us know if you do run into something specific. Lots of people here already have techniques that they use to solve specific problems...... > > Regards, > Markus >
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