[CMake] [proposal] Support for modern CMake
Alexander Neundorf
neundorf at kde.org
Tue Mar 20 16:52:42 EDT 2018
On 2018 M03 20, Tue 21:14:30 CET Mateusz Loskot wrote:
...
> Why I can not write:
>
> target_use(app Boost::system Boost::filesystem)
>
> or
>
> target_use_targets(app Boost::system Boost::filesystem)
>
> and, actually read and understand what I'm doing?
>
> (If you're now typing "why don't you create a custom macro wrapper"
> response, please don't!)
>
> How nicely it would fit into the concept of CMake member functions
> presented by Daniel [1] (@17:25 min), wouldn't it?
>
>
> Disclaimer: Originally, the idea came from Colby Pike [2] who suggested [3]
> use_targets(app Boost::system)
Not sure, I guess I was earlier ;-)
You may want to have a look at
https://cmake.org/pipermail/cmake-developers/2012-December/017561.html
and the following discussion.
Alex
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