[CMake] QT4_WRAP_CPP and Implicit Dependencies

[Andreas Pakulat]

Hi,

in addition to that, moc does not support ifdef'ing of code it needs
to look at (it does not have a preprocessor at all, only knows a few
select define's), so there can also not be a case of Dum.h setting
defines which cause moc to generate different code for Main.h.

I'd say qmake is just too dumb to be able to differ in this case.

Andreas

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Clinton Stimpson <clinton at elemtech.com> wrote:
> If you run moc on Main.h, which includes Dum.h, moc doesn't even open "Dum.h" to scan its contents.
> That tells me there is no way that moc would be required to rescan Main.h if Dum.h is modified.
>
> Clint
>
>
> On Oct 10, 2012, at 10:32 PM, Miller, Frank wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Suppose we have a header file, Dum.h, that is included by another header
>> file, Main.h, and Main.h needs to be processed with the qt moc tool.
>> When Dum.h changes, should we rerun moc on Main.h?
>>
>> QMake says yes. CMake, using QT4_WRAP_CPP, says no.
>>
>> I am inclined to believe qmake on this one. However, I have yet to think
>> of a way to break a build by not rerunning moc. Is this a problem?
>>
>> Please pardon me if you think this question is in the wrong forum. I am
>> asking here because I know there are a lot of qt users in this community
>> and qmake is clearly not doing anything wrong.
>>
>> Here is a simple example:
>>
>>    === CMakeLists.txt ===
>>    cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.8.0 )
>>    project( mocdep )
>>    find_package( Qt4 REQUIRED )
>>    include( ${QT_USE_FILE} )
>>    include_directories( ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} )
>>    QT4_WRAP_CPP( mocdep_MOCSOURCES Main.h )
>>    add_executable( mocdep Main.cpp ${mocdep_MOCSOURCES} Main.h )
>>    target_link_libraries( mocdep ${QT_QTCORE_LIBRARY} ${QT_QTGUI_LIBRARY} )
>>
>>    === mocdep.pro ===
>>    HEADERS = Main.h Dum.h
>>    SOURCES = Main.cpp
>>
>>    === Dum.h ===
>>    #pragma once
>>
>>    === Main.h ===
>>    #pragma once
>>    #include "Dum.h"
>>    #include <QMainWindow>
>>
>>    class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
>>    {
>>        Q_OBJECT
>>    };
>>
>>    === Main.cpp ===
>>    #include "Main.h"
>>    #include <QApplication>
>>
>>    int main( int argc, char * argv[] )
>>    {
>>        QApplication app(argc, argv);
>>
>>        MainWindow mainWindow;
>>        mainWindow.show();
>>
>>        return app.exec();
>>    }
>>
>> Frank
>>
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