[CMake] How can I create a C executable and C++ library from the same source

[Jimi Damon]

Hi,

I want to use Gtest for some unit tests on a number of the C functions that
comprise my C executable.  However, Gtest ( And gMock ) are C++ testing
frameworks.

What I would like to have is a project for my exe and then a separate
project for my C++ library and be able to change the source properties to
use the language CXX just before compiling.

The problem I'm having is that CMake uses the CXX compiler for the C files.


Here's what I would like to have

project(cexe)
set(SOURCES foo.c bar.c )
add_executable( cexe  ${SOURCES} )

project(cpplib)
set_source_files_properties(${SOURCES} PROPERTIES LANGUAGE CXX )
add_library( cpplib SHARED ${SOURCES} )



Is there a way to do this ?

Can target_compile_options set the compile type for a given target ?


In the past I've had to copy the .C files to some renamed .CPP equivalent
and then compile off of that.

I'm hoping that enough new functionality has been added to Cmake to allow
separation between compiles.


Thanks,




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