[cmake-developers] cmake server to cmake file api swicth

[Brad King]

On 3/21/19 2:19 PM, Eric Noulard wrote:
> Can any CMake developer that has been participating in this new
> file api shed some light on the rational of this foreseen switch?
> I'm just curious about it. What was wrong/problematic with server mode?
> Does the new file api solves some IDE integration issue?

The file-api approach does not require a long-running CMake server
process and the associated memory consumption.  It also offers a better
story for format evolution (versioned queries, versioned replies).

The main improvement in the reported codemodel is the availability
of backtraces.

The tracking issue is here:

* https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/18398

Issues that led to it include:

* https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/17753
* https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/17539

-Brad