CMake/Modules/CheckFunctionExists.cmake

#
# Check if the function exists.
#
# CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS - macro which checks if the function exists
# FUNCTION - the name of the function
# VARIABLE - variable to store the result
#

MACRO(CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS FUNCTION VARIABLE)
  IF("${VARIABLE}" MATCHES "^${VARIABLE}$")
    SET(MACRO_CHECK_FUNCTION_DEFINITIONS 
      "-DCHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS=${FUNCTION} ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS}")
    MESSAGE(STATUS "Looking for ${FUNCTION}")
    IF(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
      SET(CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS_ADD_LIBRARIES 
        "-DLINK_LIBRARIES:STRING=${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}")
    ENDIF(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
    TRY_COMPILE(${VARIABLE}
      ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
      ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CheckFunctionExists.c
      CMAKE_FLAGS -DCOMPILE_DEFINITIONS:STRING=${MACRO_CHECK_FUNCTION_DEFINITIONS}
      "${CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS_ADD_LIBRARIES}"
      OUTPUT_VARIABLE OUTPUT)
    IF(${VARIABLE})
      SET(${VARIABLE} 1 CACHE INTERNAL "Have function ${FUNCTION}")
      MESSAGE(STATUS "Looking for ${FUNCTION} - found")
      FILE(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeOutput.log 
        "Determining if the function ${FUNCTION} exists passed with the following output:\n"
        "${OUTPUT}\n\n")
    ELSE(${VARIABLE})
      MESSAGE(STATUS "Looking for ${FUNCTION} - not found")
      SET(${VARIABLE} "" CACHE INTERNAL "Have function ${FUNCTION}")
      FILE(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CMakeError.log 
        "Determining if the function ${FUNCTION} exists failed with the following output:\n"
        "${OUTPUT}\n\n")
    ENDIF(${VARIABLE})
  ENDIF("${VARIABLE}" MATCHES "^${VARIABLE}$")
ENDMACRO(CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS)