[cmake-developers] Function overrides

[David Cole]

> Err, I meant eval(some_func()) in the wrapper, not
> eval(include(Module)). Sorry for the top-post, using
> my phone.

> If CMake had at least an eval() function, I could
> append any of my modules included to a list and
> then eval("include Module") for each
> element in the list. But that's not possible.

While CMake does not have an eval function directly, this *is* 
effectively possible. The trick, though, is that you have to generate a 
script.cmake file (using file(WRITE or configure_file...) and then 
include *it*.

So, you could do something like:

    # assumes mod1.cmake and mod2.cmake already exist
    set(modules mod1.cmake mod2.cmake)
     file(WRITE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/script.cmake" "") # file initially 
empty
    foreach(mod ${modules})
       file(APPEND "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/script.cmake" 
"include(\"${mod}\")\n")
    endforeach()
    include("${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/script.cmake")


HTH,
David