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author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2024-04-19 18:23:51 (GMT) |
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committer | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2024-04-25 14:49:16 (GMT) |
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Help: Organize target-dependent generator expressions into subsections
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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst index 62c0e88..9630de6 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-generator-expressions.7.rst @@ -1707,17 +1707,10 @@ Link Context Target-Dependent Expressions ---------------------------- -These queries refer to a target ``tgt``. Unless otherwise stated, this can -be any runtime artifact, namely: +Target Meta-Data +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -* An executable target created by :command:`add_executable`. -* A shared library target (``.so``, ``.dll`` but not their ``.lib`` import - library) created by :command:`add_library`. -* A static library target created by :command:`add_library`. - -In the following, the phrase "the ``tgt`` filename" means the name of the -``tgt`` binary file. This has to be distinguished from the phrase -"the target name", which is just the string ``tgt``. +These expressions look up information about a target. .. genex:: $<TARGET_EXISTS:tgt> @@ -1740,6 +1733,20 @@ In the following, the phrase "the ``tgt`` filename" means the name of the targets to multiple dependent export sets. The ``...`` must be a literal name of a target, it may not contain generator expressions. +.. genex:: $<TARGET_POLICY:policy> + + ``1`` if the ``policy`` was ``NEW`` when the 'head' target was created, + else ``0``. If the ``policy`` was not set, the warning message for the policy + will be emitted. This generator expression only works for a subset of + policies. + + +Target Properties +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +These expressions look up the values of +:ref:`target properties <Target Properties>`. + .. genex:: $<TARGET_PROPERTY:tgt,prop> Value of the property ``prop`` on the target ``tgt``. @@ -1763,19 +1770,22 @@ In the following, the phrase "the ``tgt`` filename" means the name of the :ref:`usage requirements <Target Usage Requirements>` this is the consuming target rather than the target specifying the requirement. -.. genex:: $<TARGET_OBJECTS:tgt> - .. versionadded:: 3.1 +Target Artifacts +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - List of objects resulting from building ``tgt``. This would typically be - used on :ref:`object library <Object Libraries>` targets. +These expressions look up information about artifacts associated with +a given target ``tgt``. Unless otherwise stated, this can be any +runtime artifact, namely: -.. genex:: $<TARGET_POLICY:policy> +* An executable target created by :command:`add_executable`. +* A shared library target (``.so``, ``.dll`` but not their ``.lib`` import + library) created by :command:`add_library`. +* A static library target created by :command:`add_library`. - ``1`` if the ``policy`` was ``NEW`` when the 'head' target was created, - else ``0``. If the ``policy`` was not set, the warning message for the policy - will be emitted. This generator expression only works for a subset of - policies. +In the following, the phrase "the ``tgt`` filename" means the name of the +``tgt`` binary file. This has to be distinguished from the phrase +"the target name", which is just the string ``tgt``. .. genex:: $<TARGET_FILE:tgt> @@ -2257,6 +2267,13 @@ In the following, the phrase "the ``tgt`` filename" means the name of the Note that ``tgt`` is not added as a dependency of the target this expression is evaluated on (see policy :policy:`CMP0112`). +.. genex:: $<TARGET_OBJECTS:tgt> + + .. versionadded:: 3.1 + + List of objects resulting from building ``tgt``. This would typically be + used on :ref:`object library <Object Libraries>` targets. + .. genex:: $<TARGET_RUNTIME_DLLS:tgt> .. versionadded:: 3.21 |