[CMake] VS2005: CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS not used when project() is placed after definition

[Jens Auer]

Hi,

I encountered a problem with CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS and the place in the CMakeLists.txt where the project() command is placed. Consider two CMakeLists.txt files, the first containing
	SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "/EHa /O2")

	project(CMAKE_BUG)

	add_executable(testEHa "c:/work/tmp/cmake_eha/test.cpp")

And the second containing

	project(CMAKE_BUG)

	SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "/EHa /O2")

	add_executable(testEHa "c:/work/tmp/cmake_eha/test.cpp")

When I run cmake 2.8.5 on both files, the exception handling option differs. For the first file, it is set to 1 in the generated VS project file, which means /Ehsc, the default. The second file generates the intended project file with windows structured exceptions enabled.

I only checked the generated VS2005 files, so I don't know if this is an issue of this specific generator or a more global one.

Best regards,
  Jens