ENH: Create COMPILE_DEFINITIONS property for targets and source files. Create <config>_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS property as per-configuration version. Add Preprocess test to test the feature. Document limitations on Xcode and VS6 generators.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
index 12e7451..23458c9 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.h
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ public:
   ///! Get the include flags for the current makefile and language
   const char* GetIncludeFlags(const char* lang); 
 
+  /**
+   * Encode a list of preprocessor definitions for the compiler
+   * command line.
+   */
+  void AppendDefines(std::string& defines, const char* defines_list);
+
   /** Translate a dependency as given in CMake code to the name to
       appear in a generated build file.  If the given name is that of
       a CMake target it will be transformed to the real output
@@ -207,6 +213,7 @@ public:
     const char* TargetInstallNameDir;
     const char* LinkFlags;
     const char* LanguageCompileFlags;
+    const char* Defines;
   };
 
   /** Escape the given string to be used as a command line argument in
@@ -324,6 +331,10 @@ protected:
   std::string FindRelativePathTopBinary();
   void SetupPathConversions();
 
+  /** Check whether the native build system supports the given
+      definition.  Issues a warning.  */
+  virtual bool CheckDefinition(std::string const& define) const;
+
   cmMakefile *Makefile;
   cmGlobalGenerator *GlobalGenerator;
   // members used for relative path function ConvertToMakefilePath