[cmake-developers] A type for static plugins?

[Brad King]

On 09/20/2013 09:59 AM, Stephen Kelly wrote:
> Another alternative would be for 
> 
>  add_library(myplugin STATIC_MODULE foo.cpp)
> 
> be exactly equivalent to 
> 
>  add_library(myplugin STATIC foo.cpp)
>  set_property(TARGET myplugin PROPERTY STATICPLUGIN 1)

IMO that's too special-purpose.  However, since it is so common to
add a library and then set properties on it, perhaps there should be
a syntax in add_library and add_executable to inline property settings.

For example, we could add a keyword signature to declare SOURCES
and PROPERTIES in one call:

 add_library(myplugin STATIC
   SOURCES foo.cpp
   PROPERTIES QT_STATICPLUGIN "1"
   )

-Brad