cmMakefile: add GetDefExpandList() that splits value into std::vector

Combines cmMakefile:GetDefinition() and cmExpandList()

16 files changed, 70 insertions, 137 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
index 8723d08..0ea73d6 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
@@ -1330,18 +1330,13 @@ void cmComputeLinkInformation::ComputeFrameworkInfo()
   std::vector<std::string> implicitDirVec;
 
   // Get platform-wide implicit directories.
-  if (const char* implicitLinks = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(
-        "CMAKE_PLATFORM_IMPLICIT_LINK_FRAMEWORK_DIRECTORIES")) {
-    cmExpandList(implicitLinks, implicitDirVec);
-  }
+  this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList(
+    "CMAKE_PLATFORM_IMPLICIT_LINK_FRAMEWORK_DIRECTORIES", implicitDirVec);
 
   // Get language-specific implicit directories.
   std::string implicitDirVar = cmStrCat(
     "CMAKE_", this->LinkLanguage, "_IMPLICIT_LINK_FRAMEWORK_DIRECTORIES");
-  if (const char* implicitDirs =
-        this->Makefile->GetDefinition(implicitDirVar)) {
-    cmExpandList(implicitDirs, implicitDirVec);
-  }
+  this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList(implicitDirVar, implicitDirVec);
 
   this->FrameworkPathsEmmitted.insert(implicitDirVec.begin(),
                                       implicitDirVec.end());
@@ -1554,10 +1549,8 @@ void cmComputeLinkInformation::LoadImplicitLinkInfo()
   std::vector<std::string> implicitDirVec;
 
   // Get platform-wide implicit directories.
-  if (const char* implicitLinks = (this->Makefile->GetDefinition(
-        "CMAKE_PLATFORM_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES"))) {
-    cmExpandList(implicitLinks, implicitDirVec);
-  }
+  this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_PLATFORM_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES",
+                                   implicitDirVec);
 
   // Append library architecture to all implicit platform directories
   // and add them to the set
@@ -1571,10 +1564,7 @@ void cmComputeLinkInformation::LoadImplicitLinkInfo()
   // Get language-specific implicit directories.
   std::string implicitDirVar =
     cmStrCat("CMAKE_", this->LinkLanguage, "_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES");
-  if (const char* implicitDirs =
-        this->Makefile->GetDefinition(implicitDirVar)) {
-    cmExpandList(implicitDirs, implicitDirVec);
-  }
+  this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList(implicitDirVar, implicitDirVec);
 
   // Store implicit link directories.
   this->ImplicitLinkDirs.insert(implicitDirVec.begin(), implicitDirVec.end());
@@ -1583,10 +1573,7 @@ void cmComputeLinkInformation::LoadImplicitLinkInfo()
   std::vector<std::string> implicitLibVec;
   std::string implicitLibVar =
     cmStrCat("CMAKE_", this->LinkLanguage, "_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES");
-  if (const char* implicitLibs =
-        this->Makefile->GetDefinition(implicitLibVar)) {
-    cmExpandList(implicitLibs, implicitLibVec);
-  }
+  this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList(implicitLibVar, implicitLibVec);
 
   // Store implicit link libraries.
   for (std::string const& item : implicitLibVec) {
@@ -1598,10 +1585,8 @@ void cmComputeLinkInformation::LoadImplicitLinkInfo()
   }
 
   // Get platform specific rpath link directories
-  if (const char* rpathDirs =
-        (this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_PLATFORM_RUNTIME_PATH"))) {
-    cmExpandList(rpathDirs, this->RuntimeLinkDirs);
-  }
+  this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_PLATFORM_RUNTIME_PATH",
+                                   this->RuntimeLinkDirs);
 }
 
 std::vector<std::string> const&
diff --git a/Source/cmDependsC.cxx b/Source/cmDependsC.cxx
index 4499a66..e05c964 100644
--- a/Source/cmDependsC.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmDependsC.cxx
@@ -384,9 +384,7 @@ void cmDependsC::SetupTransforms()
   // Get the transformation rules.
   std::vector<std::string> transformRules;
   cmMakefile* mf = this->LocalGenerator->GetMakefile();
-  if (const char* xform = mf->GetDefinition("CMAKE_INCLUDE_TRANSFORMS")) {
-    cmExpandList(xform, transformRules, true);
-  }
+  mf->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_INCLUDE_TRANSFORMS", transformRules, true);
   for (std::string const& tr : transformRules) {
     this->ParseTransform(tr);
   }
diff --git a/Source/cmDependsFortran.cxx b/Source/cmDependsFortran.cxx
index 95dfc4e..8f02d95 100644
--- a/Source/cmDependsFortran.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmDependsFortran.cxx
@@ -80,10 +80,7 @@ cmDependsFortran::cmDependsFortran(cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3* lg)
   // Get the list of definitions.
   std::vector<std::string> definitions;
   cmMakefile* mf = this->LocalGenerator->GetMakefile();
-  if (const char* c_defines =
-        mf->GetDefinition("CMAKE_TARGET_DEFINITIONS_Fortran")) {
-    cmExpandList(c_defines, definitions);
-  }
+  mf->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_TARGET_DEFINITIONS_Fortran", definitions);
 
   // translate i.e. FOO=BAR to FOO and add it to the list of defined
   // preprocessor symbols
@@ -243,10 +240,7 @@ void cmDependsFortran::LocateModules()
   // Load information about other targets.
   cmMakefile* mf = this->LocalGenerator->GetMakefile();
   std::vector<std::string> infoFiles;
-  if (const char* infoFilesValue =
-        mf->GetDefinition("CMAKE_TARGET_LINKED_INFO_FILES")) {
-    cmExpandList(infoFilesValue, infoFiles);
-  }
+  mf->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_TARGET_LINKED_INFO_FILES", infoFiles);
   for (std::string const& i : infoFiles) {
     std::string targetDir = cmSystemTools::GetFilenamePath(i);
     std::string fname = targetDir + "/fortran.internal";
diff --git a/Source/cmFindCommon.cxx b/Source/cmFindCommon.cxx
index 82acfed..3e97150 100644
--- a/Source/cmFindCommon.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFindCommon.cxx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
-#include <cstring>
 #include <utility>
 
 #include <cmext/algorithm>
@@ -280,12 +279,7 @@ void cmFindCommon::GetIgnoredPaths(std::vector<std::string>& ignore)
   // Construct the list of path roots with no trailing slashes.
   for (const char** pathName = paths; *pathName; ++pathName) {
     // Get the list of paths to ignore from the variable.
-    const char* ignorePath = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(*pathName);
-    if ((ignorePath == nullptr) || (strlen(ignorePath) == 0)) {
-      continue;
-    }
-
-    cmExpandList(ignorePath, ignore);
+    this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList(*pathName, ignore);
   }
 
   for (std::string& i : ignore) {
diff --git a/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx b/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx
index d1517fe..6f3e1d3 100644
--- a/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFindPackageCommand.cxx
@@ -504,9 +504,7 @@ bool cmFindPackageCommand::InitialPass(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
       case cmPolicies::NEW: {
         // NEW behavior is to honor the <pkg>_ROOT variables.
         std::string const rootVar = this->Name + "_ROOT";
-        if (const char* pkgRoot = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(rootVar)) {
-          cmExpandList(pkgRoot, rootPaths, false);
-        }
+        this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList(rootVar, rootPaths, false);
         cmSystemTools::GetPath(rootPaths, rootVar.c_str());
       } break;
     }
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
index f2a51ab..f4372a1 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
@@ -1486,11 +1486,8 @@ std::vector<BT<std::string>> cmGeneratorTarget::GetSourceFilePaths(
   }
 
   std::vector<std::string> debugProperties;
-  const char* debugProp =
-    this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES");
-  if (debugProp) {
-    cmExpandList(debugProp, debugProperties);
-  }
+  this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES",
+                                   debugProperties);
 
   bool debugSources =
     !this->DebugSourcesDone && cm::contains(debugProperties, "SOURCES");
@@ -3305,11 +3302,8 @@ std::vector<BT<std::string>> cmGeneratorTarget::GetIncludeDirectories(
                                              nullptr, nullptr);
 
   std::vector<std::string> debugProperties;
-  const char* debugProp =
-    this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES");
-  if (debugProp) {
-    cmExpandList(debugProp, debugProperties);
-  }
+  this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES",
+                                   debugProperties);
 
   bool debugIncludes = !this->DebugIncludesDone &&
     cm::contains(debugProperties, "INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES");
@@ -3492,11 +3486,8 @@ std::vector<BT<std::string>> cmGeneratorTarget::GetCompileOptions(
                                              nullptr);
 
   std::vector<std::string> debugProperties;
-  const char* debugProp =
-    this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES");
-  if (debugProp) {
-    cmExpandList(debugProp, debugProperties);
-  }
+  this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES",
+                                   debugProperties);
 
   bool debugOptions = !this->DebugCompileOptionsDone &&
     cm::contains(debugProperties, "COMPILE_OPTIONS");
@@ -3537,11 +3528,8 @@ std::vector<BT<std::string>> cmGeneratorTarget::GetCompileFeatures(
                                              nullptr);
 
   std::vector<std::string> debugProperties;
-  const char* debugProp =
-    this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES");
-  if (debugProp) {
-    cmExpandList(debugProp, debugProperties);
-  }
+  this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES",
+                                   debugProperties);
 
   bool debugFeatures = !this->DebugCompileFeaturesDone &&
     cm::contains(debugProperties, "COMPILE_FEATURES");
@@ -3584,11 +3572,8 @@ std::vector<BT<std::string>> cmGeneratorTarget::GetCompileDefinitions(
                                              nullptr, nullptr);
 
   std::vector<std::string> debugProperties;
-  const char* debugProp =
-    this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES");
-  if (debugProp) {
-    cmExpandList(debugProp, debugProperties);
-  }
+  this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES",
+                                   debugProperties);
 
   bool debugDefines = !this->DebugCompileDefinitionsDone &&
     cm::contains(debugProperties, "COMPILE_DEFINITIONS");
@@ -3644,11 +3629,8 @@ std::vector<BT<std::string>> cmGeneratorTarget::GetPrecompileHeaders(
                                              nullptr, nullptr);
 
   std::vector<std::string> debugProperties;
-  const char* debugProp =
-    this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES");
-  if (debugProp) {
-    cmExpandList(debugProp, debugProperties);
-  }
+  this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES",
+                                   debugProperties);
 
   bool debugDefines = !this->DebugPrecompileHeadersDone &&
     std::find(debugProperties.begin(), debugProperties.end(),
@@ -4025,11 +4007,8 @@ std::vector<BT<std::string>> cmGeneratorTarget::GetLinkOptions(
                                              nullptr);
 
   std::vector<std::string> debugProperties;
-  const char* debugProp =
-    this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES");
-  if (debugProp) {
-    cmExpandList(debugProp, debugProperties);
-  }
+  this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES",
+                                   debugProperties);
 
   bool debugOptions = !this->DebugLinkOptionsDone &&
     cm::contains(debugProperties, "LINK_OPTIONS");
@@ -4287,11 +4266,8 @@ std::vector<BT<std::string>> cmGeneratorTarget::GetLinkDirectories(
                                              nullptr);
 
   std::vector<std::string> debugProperties;
-  const char* debugProp =
-    this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES");
-  if (debugProp) {
-    cmExpandList(debugProp, debugProperties);
-  }
+  this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES",
+                                   debugProperties);
 
   bool debugDirectories = !this->DebugLinkDirectoriesDone &&
     cm::contains(debugProperties, "LINK_DIRECTORIES");
@@ -5812,11 +5788,8 @@ void cmGeneratorTarget::ReportPropertyOrigin(
   const std::string& compatibilityType) const
 {
   std::vector<std::string> debugProperties;
-  const char* debugProp = this->Target->GetMakefile()->GetDefinition(
-    "CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES");
-  if (debugProp) {
-    cmExpandList(debugProp, debugProperties);
-  }
+  this->Target->GetMakefile()->GetDefExpandList(
+    "CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES", debugProperties);
 
   bool debugOrigin = !this->DebugCompatiblePropertiesDone[p] &&
     cm::contains(debugProperties, p);
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index 6f73b0c..5328a1c 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -2507,9 +2507,8 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::AddGlobalTarget_Test(
   cmCustomCommandLine singleLine;
   singleLine.push_back(cmSystemTools::GetCTestCommand());
   singleLine.push_back("--force-new-ctest-process");
-  if (auto testArgs = mf->GetDefinition("CMAKE_CTEST_ARGUMENTS")) {
-    std::vector<std::string> args;
-    cmExpandList(testArgs, args);
+  std::vector<std::string> args;
+  if (mf->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_CTEST_ARGUMENTS", args)) {
     for (auto const& arg : args) {
       singleLine.push_back(arg);
     }
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index cda3338..a5ce5d1 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -3204,10 +3204,9 @@ std::string cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::GetObjectsDirectory(
 void cmGlobalXCodeGenerator::ComputeArchitectures(cmMakefile* mf)
 {
   this->Architectures.clear();
-  const char* osxArch = mf->GetDefinition("CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES");
   const char* sysroot = mf->GetDefinition("CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT");
-  if (osxArch && sysroot) {
-    cmExpandList(std::string(osxArch), this->Architectures);
+  if (sysroot) {
+    mf->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES", this->Architectures);
   }
 
   if (this->Architectures.empty()) {
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index ff05024..11620a5 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1235,11 +1235,10 @@ std::vector<BT<std::string>> cmLocalGenerator::GetIncludeDirectoriesImplicit(
     // * Compilers like gfortran do not search their own implicit include
     //   directories for modules ('.mod' files).
     if (lang != "Fortran") {
-      const char* value = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(
-        cmStrCat("CMAKE_", lang, "_IMPLICIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES"));
-      if (value != nullptr) {
-        size_t const impDirVecOldSize = impDirVec.size();
-        cmExpandList(value, impDirVec);
+      size_t const impDirVecOldSize = impDirVec.size();
+      if (this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList(
+            cmStrCat("CMAKE_", lang, "_IMPLICIT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES"),
+            impDirVec)) {
         // FIXME: Use cmRange with 'advance()' when it supports non-const.
         for (size_t i = impDirVecOldSize; i < impDirVec.size(); ++i) {
           cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(impDirVec[i]);
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
index 154da50..c527a49 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
@@ -2745,6 +2745,18 @@ const std::string& cmMakefile::GetSafeDefinition(const std::string& name) const
   return *def;
 }
 
+bool cmMakefile::GetDefExpandList(const std::string& name,
+                                  std::vector<std::string>& out,
+                                  bool emptyArgs) const
+{
+  cmProp def = this->GetDef(name);
+  if (!def) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  cmExpandList(*def, out, emptyArgs);
+  return true;
+}
+
 std::vector<std::string> cmMakefile::GetDefinitions() const
 {
   std::vector<std::string> res = this->StateSnapshot.ClosureKeys();
@@ -3273,10 +3285,7 @@ std::string cmMakefile::GetConfigurations(std::vector<std::string>& configs,
                                           bool singleConfig) const
 {
   if (this->GetGlobalGenerator()->IsMultiConfig()) {
-    if (const char* configTypes =
-          this->GetDefinition("CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES")) {
-      cmExpandList(configTypes, configs);
-    }
+    this->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES", configs);
     return "";
   }
   const std::string& buildType = this->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE");
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.h b/Source/cmMakefile.h
index 04a1f2d..2cc2ce3 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.h
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.h
@@ -513,6 +513,8 @@ public:
   const std::string& GetSafeDefinition(const std::string&) const;
   const std::string& GetRequiredDefinition(const std::string& name) const;
   bool IsDefinitionSet(const std::string&) const;
+  bool GetDefExpandList(const std::string& name, std::vector<std::string>& out,
+                        bool emptyArgs = false) const;
   /**
    * Get the list of all variables in the current space. If argument
    * cacheonly is specified and is greater than 0, then only cache
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
index e15b016..446f225 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -478,9 +478,7 @@ void cmMakefileExecutableTargetGenerator::WriteExecutableRule(bool relink)
     // add it now.
     std::string implibRuleVar =
       cmStrCat("CMAKE_", linkLanguage, "_CREATE_IMPORT_LIBRARY");
-    if (const char* rule = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(implibRuleVar)) {
-      cmExpandList(rule, real_link_commands);
-    }
+    this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList(implibRuleVar, real_link_commands);
   }
 
   bool useResponseFileForObjects =
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx
index 2d360e6..5809b4a 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -642,27 +642,21 @@ void cmMakefileLibraryTargetGenerator::WriteLibraryRules(
     arCreateVar = this->GeneratorTarget->GetFeatureSpecificLinkRuleVariable(
       arCreateVar, linkLanguage, this->GetConfigName());
 
-    if (const char* rule = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(arCreateVar)) {
-      cmExpandList(rule, archiveCreateCommands);
-    }
+    this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList(arCreateVar, archiveCreateCommands);
     std::string arAppendVar =
       cmStrCat("CMAKE_", linkLanguage, "_ARCHIVE_APPEND");
 
     arAppendVar = this->GeneratorTarget->GetFeatureSpecificLinkRuleVariable(
       arAppendVar, linkLanguage, this->GetConfigName());
 
-    if (const char* rule = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(arAppendVar)) {
-      cmExpandList(rule, archiveAppendCommands);
-    }
+    this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList(arAppendVar, archiveAppendCommands);
     std::string arFinishVar =
       cmStrCat("CMAKE_", linkLanguage, "_ARCHIVE_FINISH");
 
     arFinishVar = this->GeneratorTarget->GetFeatureSpecificLinkRuleVariable(
       arFinishVar, linkLanguage, this->GetConfigName());
 
-    if (const char* rule = this->Makefile->GetDefinition(arFinishVar)) {
-      cmExpandList(rule, archiveFinishCommands);
-    }
+    this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList(arFinishVar, archiveFinishCommands);
   }
 
   // Decide whether to use archiving rules.
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
index f87eba7..72e6c2d 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -453,14 +453,12 @@ std::vector<std::string> cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator::ComputeDeviceLinkCmd()
     case cmStateEnums::STATIC_LIBRARY:
     case cmStateEnums::SHARED_LIBRARY:
     case cmStateEnums::MODULE_LIBRARY: {
-      const std::string cudaLinkCmd(
-        this->GetMakefile()->GetDefinition("CMAKE_CUDA_DEVICE_LINK_LIBRARY"));
-      cmExpandList(cudaLinkCmd, linkCmds);
+      this->GetMakefile()->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_CUDA_DEVICE_LINK_LIBRARY",
+                                            linkCmds);
     } break;
     case cmStateEnums::EXECUTABLE: {
-      const std::string cudaLinkCmd(this->GetMakefile()->GetDefinition(
-        "CMAKE_CUDA_DEVICE_LINK_EXECUTABLE"));
-      cmExpandList(cudaLinkCmd, linkCmds);
+      this->GetMakefile()->GetDefExpandList(
+        "CMAKE_CUDA_DEVICE_LINK_EXECUTABLE", linkCmds);
     } break;
     default:
       break;
@@ -557,9 +555,8 @@ std::vector<std::string> cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator::ComputeLinkCmd(
     case cmStateEnums::EXECUTABLE:
       if (this->TargetLinkLanguage(config) == "Swift") {
         if (this->GeneratorTarget->IsExecutableWithExports()) {
-          const std::string flags =
-            this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_EXE_EXPORTS_Swift_FLAG");
-          cmExpandList(flags, linkCmds);
+          this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_EXE_EXPORTS_Swift_FLAG",
+                                           linkCmds);
         }
       }
       break;
diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGenInitializer.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoGenInitializer.cxx
index 003a300..4d7bab1 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGenInitializer.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGenInitializer.cxx
@@ -570,9 +570,8 @@ bool cmQtAutoGenInitializer::InitMoc()
   if (this->GenTarget->GetPropertyAsBool("AUTOMOC_COMPILER_PREDEFINES") &&
       (this->QtVersion >= IntegerVersion(5, 8))) {
     // Command
-    cmExpandList(this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition(
-                   "CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_PREDEFINES_COMMAND"),
-                 this->Moc.PredefsCmd);
+    this->Makefile->GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_PREDEFINES_COMMAND",
+                                     this->Moc.PredefsCmd);
     // Header
     if (!this->Moc.PredefsCmd.empty()) {
       ConfigFileNames(this->Moc.PredefsFile,
diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index 65d5f10..162e807 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -2286,9 +2286,7 @@ int cmake::CheckBuildSystem()
 
   // If any byproduct of makefile generation is missing we must re-run.
   std::vector<std::string> products;
-  if (const char* productStr = mf.GetDefinition("CMAKE_MAKEFILE_PRODUCTS")) {
-    cmExpandList(productStr, products);
-  }
+  mf.GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_MAKEFILE_PRODUCTS", products);
   for (std::string const& p : products) {
     if (!(cmSystemTools::FileExists(p) || cmSystemTools::FileIsSymlink(p))) {
       if (verbose) {
@@ -2303,11 +2301,8 @@ int cmake::CheckBuildSystem()
   // Get the set of dependencies and outputs.
   std::vector<std::string> depends;
   std::vector<std::string> outputs;
-  const char* dependsStr = mf.GetDefinition("CMAKE_MAKEFILE_DEPENDS");
-  const char* outputsStr = mf.GetDefinition("CMAKE_MAKEFILE_OUTPUTS");
-  if (dependsStr && outputsStr) {
-    cmExpandList(dependsStr, depends);
-    cmExpandList(outputsStr, outputs);
+  if (mf.GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_MAKEFILE_DEPENDS", depends)) {
+    mf.GetDefExpandList("CMAKE_MAKEFILE_OUTPUTS", outputs);
   }
   if (depends.empty() || outputs.empty()) {
     // Not enough information was provided to do the test.  Just rerun.