[cmake-developers] Rename Ninja generator?

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2012-03-08 17:44-0500 Bill Hoffman wrote:

> I am wondering if we want to call the Ninja generator something like:
>
> Ninja Makefiles...  It is not totally accurate, but it avoids code like this:
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> IF(CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Makefiles" OR CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Ninja")
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> Also, it is more likely to work with existing cmake build files.  I had to do 
> the same thing with jom.  Although with jom, it pretty much is a makefile.
>
>
> Thoughts?

I think that would be confusing to users.

Could you define an internal variable (to identify those generators
that have Makefile-like characteristics) that could be tested instead
of CMAKE_GENERATOR?

Alan
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