[cmake-developers] Compiler features/extensions remaining/future issues

[Daniel Pfeifer]

2014-06-15 22:24 GMT+02:00 Stephen Kelly <steveire at gmail.com>:

> Brad King wrote:
>
> > On 06/13/2014 05:19 AM, Stephen Kelly wrote:
> >> 11) WriteCompilerDetectionHeader vs GenerateExportHeader
> >
> > IMO these two modules are solving orthogonal problems and should not
> > be mixed.
>
> I'm not sure I agree.
>
> GenerateExportHeader needs to know about deprecation in order to generate
> FOO_EXPORT_DEPRECATED and similar macros. So, they're not fully orthogonal.


Both provide macros depending on the compiler. From a users perspective
they are not orthogonal at all.
Furthermore, I would prefer export headers to be compiler independent.

cheers, Daniel
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