CMake/Help/release/dev/compile-language-features.rst
Stephen Kelly e0890d03a4 Features: Extend concept to C language.
Add properties and variables corresponding to CXX equivalents.

Add features for c_function_prototypes (C90), c_restrict (C99),
c_variadic_macros (C99) and c_static_assert (C11). This feature
set can be extended later.

Add a <PREFIX>_RESTRICT symbol define to WriteCompilerDetectionHeader
to conditionally represent the c_restrict feature.
2014-05-15 00:15:18 +02:00

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target-language-features
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* New :prop_tgt:`CXX_STANDARD` and :prop_tgt:`CXX_EXTENSIONS` target
properties may specify values which CMake uses to compute required
compile options such as ``-std=c++11`` or ``-std=gnu++11``. The
:variable:`CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD` and :variable:`CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS`
variables may be set to initialize the target properties.
* New :prop_tgt:`C_STANDARD` and :prop_tgt:`C_EXTENSIONS` target
properties may specify values which CMake uses to compute required
compile options such as ``-std=c11`` or ``-std=gnu11``. The
:variable:`CMAKE_C_STANDARD` and :variable:`CMAKE_C_EXTENSIONS`
variables may be set to initialize the target properties.
* New :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_FEATURES` target property may contain a list
of features required to compile a target. CMake uses this
information to ensure that the compiler in use is capable of building
the target, and to add any necessary compile flags to support language
features.
* New :command:`target_compile_features` command allows populating the
:prop_tgt:`COMPILE_FEATURES` target property, just like any other
build variable.