On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 5:14 AM, Glenn Coombs <glenn.coo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't seen any discussion yet of my 2nd alternative of getting cmake to > automatically convert lists to space separated strings for certain variables > like CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE. If cmake did this then there would be > less need for the concat version of set() as one could just use the existing > list(APPEND) functionality. Is this a realistic possibility, or are there > implementation issues with this suggestion ? This surprised me as well - if you want to assemble a list of flags "on the fly" (I needed to assemble lists of lists of flags - we pass a lot of them) you have to take some care to either do the set trick correctly or convert the list to a string at the "end" (if you can be sure of where that is). Do I understand correctly that the main concern is the ability to pass args with ";' characters in these cases? Then the question becomes whether quoting ";" characters as needed in user-specified options is tricker than navigating the current behavior. To be honest, I can see where trying to specify an argument with a quoted ";" character from the command line would get a bit messy (in a "ok, how do I quote this from this enviornment" sort of way) - how common are ";" characters as components of variable values? Cheers, CY _______________________________________________ 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