[CMake] Finding Python3

[Michael Wild]

Thanks for reminding me of my old idea ;-) http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2010-May/036993.html

I think that would be the cleanest solution. Extract the loop body into a function and then have two separate loops calling the same function.

Michael

On 22. Jul, 2010, at 13:19 , David Cole wrote:

> With respect to fixing 10718, *if* we fix it (and that's a big *if* because
> it's a sweeping change in behavior with largely unpredictable real world
> consequences), I suggest that we:
> - have both loops in CMake,
> - and that the default behavior remains the same as it is now,
> - and that we activate the new behavior by adding new keyword arguments:
> perhaps NAMES_FIRST and PATHS_FIRST
> 
> That way, stuff stays the same as it is now unless a "finder" activates it
> explicitly in *new* CMake code.
> 
> I'm going to add this as a note to 10718, and a pointer to this whole thread
> if there's not already one there.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> David Cole
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:36 AM, Michael Wild <themiwi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 22. Jul, 2010, at 10:17 , Marcel Loose wrote:
>> [...]
>>> 
>>> Hi Michael and others,
>>> 
>>> I mostly agree with what your saying. However, IMHO, you refer to a
>>> "perfect world" situation, where all Find modules properly use VERSION
>>> to specify a version number and do not abuse NAMES for that.
>>> 
>>> I know that the current discussion focuses on FindPython; hence the
>>> subject ;-). However, in the "real world" quite a number of other Find
>>> scripts are shipped as part of the CMake distribution that don't follow
>>> this "perfect" scheme either.
>>> 
>>> So the real question should be, I guess: Should CMake be fixed by
>>> swapping the paths and names loops in the FindXXX() functions (issue
>>> 10718)? Or should all abusing Find scripts be fixed?
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> Marcel Loose.
>> 
>> My question is more fundamental:
>> 
>> How do I find the most recent version? Because that is why NAMES is being
>> "abused" in the first place.
>> 
>> Michael
>> 
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