[CMake] CXX_STANDARD use latest

[Craig Scott]

Not sure if it lines up exactly with what you want, but the latest CMake
release (3.8.0) allows you to specify the minimum language standard via
compiler features:

https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/cmake-compile-features.7.html#requiring-language-standards



On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Tiago Macarios <tiagomacarios at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> One can require a specific CXX_STANDARD to be used, but is it possible to
> set a minimum and let CMake use the latest as long as it satisfies the
> minimum?
>
> Example code:
>
> set_property(TARGET a_lib
>     PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_MIN 11
>     PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
>     PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_LATEST ON
> )
>
> Tiago
>
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Craig Scott
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