[CMake] CMake LIST Command: Wiki changes and LIST patch.

[Andrew Maclean]

In my opinion this could be a useful addition. I think you should open a
featuure request and incluse the related operations.

Andrew


On 6/26/07, Miguel A. Figueroa-Villanueva <miguelf at ieee.org> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have made some changes to the wiki page on lists
> (http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMakeMacroListOperations) to reflect the
> new LIST command in CMake 2.4+. I hope I have presented the changes in
> an appropriate way.
>
> There is one macro in the wiki page that the current LIST command
> couldn't support, the LIST_CONTAINS. This macro provides a
> functionality that I believe is quite useful and is in line with the
> other LIST command operations. As such, I went ahead and implemented
> it in my cmake source tree and have provided a patch for it below. The
> changes add the following functionality:
>
> LIST
>       List operations.
>
>         LIST(CONTAINS <list> <value> <output variable>)
>
>       CONTAINS will return TRUE if the element specified is in the list.
>
> SET(MYLIST hello world foo bar)
> LIST(CONTAINS MYLIST foo RESULT1)
> -- RESULT1: TRUE
> LIST(CONTAINS MYLIST baby RESULT2)
> -- RESULT2: FALSE
>
>
> I would like to know if this is a feature of interest to the CMake
> developers and if it may be included in future distributions. If not,
> I would stick to supporting this through local MACROS.
>
> Also, I would gladly provide a patch for the following two related
> operations:
>
> 1. LIST(CONTAINS <list> <value> [<value> ...] <output variable>) -
> returns TRUE if all values are in the <list>
>
> 2. LIST(CONTAINS_ANY <list> <value> [<value> ...] <output variable>) -
> returns TRUE if any of the values are in the <list>
>
> but I'm not sure if the developers want to keep a simpler interface.
> Hence, I would appreciate feedback on whether this is of interest and
> if I should open a Feature Request.
>
> Thanks,
> --Miguel
>
> --
> Miguel A. Figueroa Villanueva
> +1 787 832-4040 x.3610-4006
> Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
> University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez Campus
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