[cmake-developers] target_include_directories branch in stage

[Stephen Kelly]

Brad King wrote:

> On 11/6/2011 5:45 PM, Stephen Kelly wrote:
>> As discussed on the cmake user mailing list, I'm interesting in
>> implementing the feature of target specific and configuration specific
>> include directories.
> 
> Thanks for working on this.

Thanks for the feedback.

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> The INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES property of a target must be the *only* list
> from which the final include directory list is constructed.  When a target
> is created the current directory-level include directories must be used
> to initialize the list.  Further include_directories() calls in the same
> directory must append not only to the directory-level list but also to
> the property for all existing targets.  At any intermediate point a
> target's property can be modified independently (see the set_property
> command example below).

Yes, it should be possible to do this. I'll try it out.

> Now we can return to per-config include directories.  To incorporate them
> into the same single list, we will need some kind of markup on a per-entry
> basis.  This is similar to the "debug/optimized" keywords used by the
> target_link_libraries command, but must be more well designed.  Perhaps
> a syntax similar to generator expressions in custom commands can work.
> I'll have to think more about it.

Ok. I thought the BEFORE keyword for target_include_directories would be 
useful there, but if there's a better way to do it, that's fine with me too.

Thanks,

Steve.