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Document COMPILE_DEFINITIONS known limitations (#11660, #11712) 

Some values simply cannot be escaped properly in all contexts for all
native build tools.  Document known limitations after the disclaimer
that states so.
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Brad King 2011-01-17 08:17:38 -05:00
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"work-around the problem by adding escape sequences to the value. " \
"Your work-around may break in a future version of CMake that " \
"has improved escape support. Instead consider defining the macro " \
"in a (configured) header file. Then report the limitation."
"in a (configured) header file. Then report the limitation. " \
"Known limitations include:\n" \
" # - broken almost everywhere\n" \
" ; - broken in VS IDE and Borland Makefiles\n" \
" , - broken in VS IDE\n" \
" % - broken in some cases in NMake\n" \
" & | - broken in some cases on MinGW\n" \
" ^ < > \\\" - broken in most Make tools on Windows\n" \
"CMake does not reject these values outright because they do work " \
"in some cases. Use with caution. "
#endif