[cmake-developers] Introducing the ${Foo_TARGETS} variable (IntroduceTARGETSVariable branch)

[Stephen Kelly]

Alexander Neundorf wrote:
>> I don't see any particular reason to get it into 2.8.12. From the KDE
>> perspective, I think it would be more useful to get a CMake version with
>> ALIAS targets
> 
> I still don't know what for.
> Can it do anything I can't do by simply setting a variable to the aliased
> target(s) ?

 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.programming.tools.cmake.devel/7370/focus=7394

> 
>> and double-colons-means-IMPORTED.
> 
> I haven't followed closely.
> Does this mean creating a normal target which contains "::" will be a
> cmake error ?

Something like that, yes, with a policy.

Thanks,

Steve.