[CMake] list of lists -possible?

[Doug Reiland]

perfect, thankyou!

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Clinton Stimpson <clinton at elemtech.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 02, 2010 10:24:44 am Doug Reiland wrote:
>> Is it possible to implement a list of lists. The following example
>> shows cmake ending up with a list with 6 elements instead of
>> a list with 2 elements with each element being a list with 3 elements
>>
>> set(fooa 1 2 3)
>> set(foob a b c)
>> message(${fooa})
>> message("${fooa}")
>> message("${foob}")
>> list(APPEND foos "${fooa}")
>> list(APPEND foos "${foob}")
>> message("${foos}")
>> foreach (a ${foos})
>> message(${a})
>> endforeach()
>>
>
>
> You can put the name of the list in another list, instead of its contents.
> And use a nested foreach to extract all of the contents.
>
> set(fooa 1 2 3)
> set(foob a b c)
> message(${fooa})
> message("${fooa}")
> message("${foob}")
> list(APPEND foos fooa)
> list(APPEND foos foob)
> foreach(a ${foos})
>  message("new list")
>  foreach(b ${${a}})
>    message(${b})
>  endforeach(b)
> endforeach(a)
>
> Clint
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