Help: Clarify add_compile_options documentation (#15225)
Explain that it affects only targets added after the call. Fix the link to the COMPILE_OPTIONS directory propert documentation. Update the latter to explain that it is used to initialize the corresponding target property when a target is created.
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@ -7,15 +7,16 @@ Adds options to the compilation of source files.
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add_compile_options(<option> ...)
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add_compile_options(<option> ...)
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Adds options to the compiler command line for sources in the current
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Adds options to the compiler command line for targets in the current
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directory and below. This command can be used to add any options, but
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directory and below that are added after this command is invoked.
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alternative commands exist to add preprocessor definitions
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See documentation of the :prop_dir:`directory <COMPILE_OPTIONS>` and
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(:command:`target_compile_definitions` and :command:`add_definitions`) or
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include directories (:command:`target_include_directories` and
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:command:`include_directories`). See documentation of the
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:prop_tgt:`directory <COMPILE_OPTIONS>` and
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:prop_tgt:`target <COMPILE_OPTIONS>` ``COMPILE_OPTIONS`` properties.
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:prop_tgt:`target <COMPILE_OPTIONS>` ``COMPILE_OPTIONS`` properties.
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This command can be used to add any options, but alternative commands
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exist to add preprocessor definitions (:command:`target_compile_definitions`
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and :command:`add_definitions`) or include directories
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(:command:`target_include_directories` and :command:`include_directories`).
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Arguments to ``add_compile_options`` may use "generator expressions" with
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Arguments to ``add_compile_options`` may use "generator expressions" with
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the syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)`
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the syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)`
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manual for available expressions. See the :manual:`cmake-buildsystem(7)`
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manual for available expressions. See the :manual:`cmake-buildsystem(7)`
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This property specifies the list of options given so far to the
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This property specifies the list of options given so far to the
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:command:`add_compile_options` command.
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:command:`add_compile_options` command.
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This property is used to populate the :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_OPTIONS` target
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This property is used to initialize the :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_OPTIONS` target
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property, which is used by the generators to set the options for the
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property when a target is created, which is used by the generators to set
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compiler.
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the options for the compiler.
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Contents of ``COMPILE_OPTIONS`` may use "generator expressions" with the
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Contents of ``COMPILE_OPTIONS`` may use "generator expressions" with the
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syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual
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syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual
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