[cmake-developers] Safe source list GLOBs

[Wojciech Knapik]

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 07:26:58PM +0200, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 May 2013, Bill Hoffman wrote:
> > On 5/15/2013 4:48 AM, Wojciech Knapik wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 03:55:37PM -0400, Bill Hoffman wrote:
> > >> Globs simply do not work well for source files.
> > > 
> > > GLOBs work great for source files. Just not with CMake currently ;]
> > 
*SNIP*
> > 
> > I don't see what the big deal is.   You run glob once from a shell or
> > editor and you get the initial list of files.   From that point on the
> > effort to add/remove a new file to the list is trivial.
> 
> I agree, this is really only an issue at all when creating the CMakeLists.txt 
> initially.

It's only an issue when creating the CMakeLists.txt initially if you
choose to use GLOBs for source lists.

If you choose to use explicit file lists instead, you need to actively
maintain the CMakeList forever.

WK