[CMake] What is the default build type?

[J Decker]

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Marcus D. Hanwell <
marcus.hanwell at kitware.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 3:03 AM, Bo Zhou <bo.schwarzstein at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It depends on the Generator.
>>
>> To the Makefile, the actual type was controlled by the compiler options.
>> If you don't specific any type, usually it means non-debug and
>> non-optimization because the CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS is empty as default. This is
>> critical, so usually people should specific the actual type they want to
>> build.
>>
>> To the generator of the IDE, such as Visual Studio and Xcode, the
>> CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE doesn't make sense but we have to use
>> CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES, then CMake will create the several configuration
>> sets for the IDE from the CMAKE_C|CXX_FLAGS_{CONFIG} .
>>
>
> This thread inspired me to write up how we have been doing it in some of
> the projects I work on for quite a while now,
>
> https://blog.kitware.com/cmake-and-the-default-build-type/
>
>
These should use lower case 'debug' 'release' etc.  Because if it's not VS,
it's probably also not windows, and case matters.


> It certainly isn't the only way, but it provides an easy path to ensure
> things show up in the GUIs, respect build types passed in, etc.
>
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