[CMake] What is the default build type?

[Michael Ellery]

> On Jul 31, 2017, at 8:48 PM, Florian Lindner <mailinglists at xgm.de> wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> ccmake shows CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE as unset. From the compile commands it looks like also nothing like Debug nor Release.
> 
> Why is there no well-defined default set? How can I set a default?
> 
> Thanks,
> Florian
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my recollection is that an unspecified build type results in a build that has no optimizations and no debug symbols generated. I’m not sure what the motivation for those default flags is. If you want to default to DEBUG, something like this should work:

    if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
      set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
    endif()


-MIke