aaron_wri...@selinc.com wrote:
> Is this the best way to generate a comment bar, such as this:
>
>
>
> or this:
>
>
>
> or this:
>
>
>
> IF(OUTPUT_FILE_EXT MATCHES "^\\.h|\\.cpp$")
>SET(COMMENT_CHARACTER "/")
> ELSEIF(OUTPUT_FILE_EXT MATCHES "^\\.sql$")
>SET(COMMENT_CHARACTER "-")
> ELSEIF(OUTPUT_FILE_EXT MATCHES "^\\.nsi|\\.nsh$")
>SET(COMMENT_CHARACTER "#")
> ELSE()
>MESSAGE(WARNING "Unknown file type")
> ENDIF()
>
> STRING(RANDOM LENGTH 80 ALPHABET "${COMMENT_CHARACTER}" COMMENT_BAR)
IMHO, it looks OK.
> The only reason I ask is that is seems weird to use the STRING(RANDOM
> function to get this done.
The RANDOM is just a generalized generator.
In your case, you specify one-character alphabet
and it is still a random string of values from one element interval.
I don't see anything strange here myself.
Best regards,
--
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net
Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org
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