[CMake] Generator expressions in custom commands

[David Cole]

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Michael Wild <themiwi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all
>
> add_test(NAME <name> COMMAND <command>) has these cool generator
> expressions, where one can use e.g $<TARGET_FILE:tgtname> to obtain the file
> name of the target. I wondered whether there was a reason as to why this
> feature isn't available in custom commands, especially in the TARGET form,
> where it would be really useful in a POST_BUILD command.
>
> Michael
>
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Hi Michael,

Same reason as always: too many features, not enough time.

We would love to extend that sort of syntax to custom commands as well. It
has simply not been the focus of anybody's time or money budget yet.


Cheers,
David
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