[CMake] XML CMake ?

[Jorgen Bodde]

Hi guys,

Just out of curiosity. Why isn't CMAKE handling a flavor of XML for it's
make system ? Personally I think the scripting language used now is a
bit outdated. It gets the job done, but it's horrid when it needs to be
parsed back, and very error prone and redundant (speaking of IF .. END
constructions).

Let me explain what I was thinking of a while ago... I was wondering if
it was possible to create a config tool such as istool (belonging to
inno setup). For those who don't know it, it is a graphical tool that
allows the user to compose an install script for InnoSetup.

I wondered how difficult this would be for CMake to make a config tool
that allows the user to create projects in a GUI instead of with plain
text. I then realised parsing the current language would be too much of
an effort and wondering why not make something like XML based CMake
scripts ? Maybe the name CMakeLists.xml could be used to point out the
difference and let CMake parse the XML instead.

Just an idea, I am happy with CMake for the current projects, but it is
always nice to see improvement, and XML is perfect for this. There are a
lot of build tools that use the XML markup which is a big plus because
people are familiar with the markup already.

Regards,
- Jorgen



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