Reduce the scope of temporary cmProp variables and other improvements

12 files changed, 39 insertions, 49 deletions

diff --git a/Source/CTest/cmCTestUpdateCommand.cxx b/Source/CTest/cmCTestUpdateCommand.cxx
index 6fef90a..0ba2c41 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/cmCTestUpdateCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/CTest/cmCTestUpdateCommand.cxx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include "cmCTest.h"
 #include "cmCTestUpdateHandler.h"
 #include "cmMakefile.h"
-#include "cmProperty.h"
 #include "cmSystemTools.h"
 
 cmCTestGenericHandler* cmCTestUpdateCommand::InitializeHandler()
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ cmCTestGenericHandler* cmCTestUpdateCommand::InitializeHandler()
     this->CTest->SetCTestConfiguration(
       "SourceDirectory",
       cmSystemTools::CollapseFullPath(
-        cmToCStrSafe(this->Makefile->GetDefinition("CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY"))),
+        this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition("CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY")),
       this->Quiet);
   }
   std::string source_dir =
diff --git a/Source/cmCPluginAPI.cxx b/Source/cmCPluginAPI.cxx
index 8ebf6d2..968fa54 100644
--- a/Source/cmCPluginAPI.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCPluginAPI.cxx
@@ -583,14 +583,12 @@ const char* CCONV cmSourceFileGetProperty(void* arg, const char* prop)
 {
   cmCPluginAPISourceFile* sf = static_cast<cmCPluginAPISourceFile*>(arg);
   if (cmSourceFile* rsf = sf->RealSourceFile) {
-    cmProp p = rsf->GetProperty(prop);
-    return cmToCStr(p);
+    return cmToCStr(rsf->GetProperty(prop));
   }
   if (!strcmp(prop, "LOCATION")) {
     return sf->FullPath.c_str();
   }
-  cmProp retVal = sf->Properties.GetPropertyValue(prop);
-  return cmToCStr(retVal);
+  return cmToCStr(sf->Properties.GetPropertyValue(prop));
 }
 
 int CCONV cmSourceFileGetPropertyAsBool(void* arg, const char* prop)
diff --git a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
index eb5803e..4a79a3d 100644
--- a/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGeneratorTarget.cxx
@@ -990,9 +990,8 @@ cmProp cmGeneratorTarget::GetLanguageExtensions(std::string const& lang) const
 bool cmGeneratorTarget::GetLanguageStandardRequired(
   std::string const& lang) const
 {
-  cmProp p =
-    this->GetPropertyWithPairedLanguageSupport(lang, "_STANDARD_REQUIRED");
-  return cmIsOn(p);
+  return cmIsOn(
+    this->GetPropertyWithPairedLanguageSupport(lang, "_STANDARD_REQUIRED"));
 }
 
 void cmGeneratorTarget::GetModuleDefinitionSources(
diff --git a/Source/cmGetPropertyCommand.cxx b/Source/cmGetPropertyCommand.cxx
index b1dc72d..e755399 100644
--- a/Source/cmGetPropertyCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGetPropertyCommand.cxx
@@ -280,8 +280,9 @@ bool HandleGlobalMode(cmExecutionStatus& status, const std::string& name,
 
   // Get the property.
   cmake* cm = status.GetMakefile().GetCMakeInstance();
-  cmProp p = cm->GetState()->GetGlobalProperty(propertyName);
-  return StoreResult(infoType, status.GetMakefile(), variable, cmToCStr(p));
+  return StoreResult(
+    infoType, status.GetMakefile(), variable,
+    cmToCStr(cm->GetState()->GetGlobalProperty(propertyName)));
 }
 
 bool HandleDirectoryMode(cmExecutionStatus& status, const std::string& name,
@@ -327,8 +328,8 @@ bool HandleDirectoryMode(cmExecutionStatus& status, const std::string& name,
   }
 
   // Get the property.
-  cmProp p = mf->GetProperty(propertyName);
-  return StoreResult(infoType, status.GetMakefile(), variable, cmToCStr(p));
+  return StoreResult(infoType, status.GetMakefile(), variable,
+                     cmToCStr(mf->GetProperty(propertyName)));
 }
 
 bool HandleTargetMode(cmExecutionStatus& status, const std::string& name,
@@ -358,15 +359,14 @@ bool HandleTargetMode(cmExecutionStatus& status, const std::string& name,
       }
       return StoreResult(infoType, status.GetMakefile(), variable, nullptr);
     }
-    cmProp prop_cstr = nullptr;
     cmListFileBacktrace bt = status.GetMakefile().GetBacktrace();
     cmMessenger* messenger = status.GetMakefile().GetMessenger();
-    prop_cstr = target->GetComputedProperty(propertyName, messenger, bt);
-    if (!prop_cstr) {
-      prop_cstr = target->GetProperty(propertyName);
+    cmProp prop = target->GetComputedProperty(propertyName, messenger, bt);
+    if (!prop) {
+      prop = target->GetProperty(propertyName);
     }
     return StoreResult(infoType, status.GetMakefile(), variable,
-                       prop_cstr ? prop_cstr->c_str() : nullptr);
+                       cmToCStr(prop));
   }
   status.SetError(cmStrCat("could not find TARGET ", name,
                            ".  Perhaps it has not yet been created."));
diff --git a/Source/cmGhsMultiTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGhsMultiTargetGenerator.cxx
index ed50067..aabe43c 100644
--- a/Source/cmGhsMultiTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGhsMultiTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -721,8 +721,7 @@ void cmGhsMultiTargetGenerator::WriteObjectLangOverride(
 
 bool cmGhsMultiTargetGenerator::DetermineIfIntegrityApp()
 {
-  cmProp p = this->GeneratorTarget->GetProperty("ghs_integrity_app");
-  if (p) {
+  if (cmProp p = this->GeneratorTarget->GetProperty("ghs_integrity_app")) {
     return cmIsOn(*p);
   }
   std::vector<cmSourceFile*> sources;
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 6267205..75cd714 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -380,9 +380,10 @@ void cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::WriteTargetsToSolution(
       std::string project = target->GetName();
       std::string location = *expath;
 
-      cmProp p = target->GetProperty("VS_PROJECT_TYPE");
-      this->WriteExternalProject(fout, project, location, cmToCStr(p),
-                                 target->GetUtilities());
+      this->WriteExternalProject(
+        fout, project, location,
+        cmToCStr(target->GetProperty("VS_PROJECT_TYPE")),
+        target->GetUtilities());
       written = true;
     } else {
       cmProp vcprojName = target->GetProperty("GENERATOR_FILE_NAME");
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 8bd3017..2054200 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -3523,11 +3523,11 @@ std::string cmLocalGenerator::GetObjectFileNameWithoutTarget(
   // we don't end up having:
   // CMakeFiles/<target>.dir/CMakeFiles/<target>.dir/generated_source_file.obj
   cmProp unitySourceFile = source.GetProperty("UNITY_SOURCE_FILE");
-  cmProp psExtension = source.GetProperty("PCH_EXTENSION");
+  cmProp pchExtension = source.GetProperty("PCH_EXTENSION");
   const bool isPchObject = objectName.find("cmake_pch") != std::string::npos;
-  if (unitySourceFile || psExtension || isPchObject) {
-    if (psExtension) {
-      customOutputExtension = psExtension->c_str();
+  if (unitySourceFile || pchExtension || isPchObject) {
+    if (pchExtension) {
+      customOutputExtension = pchExtension->c_str();
     }
 
     cmsys::RegularExpression var("(CMakeFiles/[^/]+.dir/)");
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
index 56b7ae1..50a7d27 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
@@ -1482,15 +1482,14 @@ void cmMakefile::InitializeFromParent(cmMakefile* parent)
   // Include transform property.  There is no per-config version.
   {
     const char* prop = "IMPLICIT_DEPENDS_INCLUDE_TRANSFORM";
-    cmProp p = parent->GetProperty(prop);
-    this->SetProperty(prop, cmToCStr(p));
+    this->SetProperty(prop, cmToCStr(parent->GetProperty(prop)));
   }
 
   // compile definitions property and per-config versions
   cmPolicies::PolicyStatus polSt = this->GetPolicyStatus(cmPolicies::CMP0043);
   if (polSt == cmPolicies::WARN || polSt == cmPolicies::OLD) {
-    cmProp p = parent->GetProperty("COMPILE_DEFINITIONS");
-    this->SetProperty("COMPILE_DEFINITIONS", cmToCStr(p));
+    this->SetProperty("COMPILE_DEFINITIONS",
+                      cmToCStr(parent->GetProperty("COMPILE_DEFINITIONS")));
     std::vector<std::string> configs =
       this->GetGeneratorConfigs(cmMakefile::ExcludeEmptyConfig);
     for (std::string const& config : configs) {
@@ -1502,12 +1501,11 @@ void cmMakefile::InitializeFromParent(cmMakefile* parent)
   }
 
   // labels
-  cmProp p = parent->GetProperty("LABELS");
-  this->SetProperty("LABELS", cmToCStr(p));
+  this->SetProperty("LABELS", cmToCStr(parent->GetProperty("LABELS")));
 
   // link libraries
-  p = parent->GetProperty("LINK_LIBRARIES");
-  this->SetProperty("LINK_LIBRARIES", cmToCStr(p));
+  this->SetProperty("LINK_LIBRARIES",
+                    cmToCStr(parent->GetProperty("LINK_LIBRARIES")));
 
   // the initial project name
   this->StateSnapshot.SetProjectName(parent->StateSnapshot.GetProjectName());
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.h b/Source/cmMakefile.h
index edee02b..a864074 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.h
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.h
@@ -401,8 +401,7 @@ public:
   }
   const char* GetIncludeRegularExpression() const
   {
-    cmProp p = this->GetProperty("INCLUDE_REGULAR_EXPRESSION");
-    return p ? p->c_str() : nullptr;
+    return cmToCStr(this->GetProperty("INCLUDE_REGULAR_EXPRESSION"));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/Source/cmQTWrapCPPCommand.cxx b/Source/cmQTWrapCPPCommand.cxx
index de462db..e058176 100644
--- a/Source/cmQTWrapCPPCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQTWrapCPPCommand.cxx
@@ -40,8 +40,7 @@ bool cmQTWrapCPPCommand(std::vector<std::string> const& args,
         cmStrCat(mf.GetCurrentBinaryDirectory(), "/moc_", srcName, ".cxx");
       cmSourceFile* sf = mf.GetOrCreateSource(newName, true);
       if (curr) {
-        cmProp p = curr->GetProperty("ABSTRACT");
-        sf->SetProperty("ABSTRACT", cmToCStr(p));
+        sf->SetProperty("ABSTRACT", cmToCStr(curr->GetProperty("ABSTRACT")));
       }
 
       // Compute the name of the header from which to generate the file.
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
index 9f6973e..ab66fd0 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -1020,9 +1020,9 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteEmbeddedResourceGroup(Elem& e0)
             cm::string_view tagName =
               cm::string_view(p).substr(propNamePrefix.length());
             if (!tagName.empty()) {
-              const std::string& value = *props.GetPropertyValue(p);
-              if (!value.empty()) {
-                e2.Element(tagName, value);
+              cmProp value = props.GetPropertyValue(p);
+              if (cmNonempty(value)) {
+                e2.Element(tagName, *value);
               }
             }
           }
@@ -4210,8 +4210,7 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteProjectReferences(Elem& e0)
     cmLocalGenerator* lg = dt->GetLocalGenerator();
     std::string name = dt->GetName();
     std::string path;
-    cmProp p = dt->GetProperty("EXTERNAL_MSPROJECT");
-    if (p) {
+    if (cmProp p = dt->GetProperty("EXTERNAL_MSPROJECT")) {
       path = *p;
     } else {
       path = cmStrCat(lg->GetCurrentBinaryDirectory(), '/', dt->GetName(),
@@ -4999,9 +4998,9 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::GetCSharpSourceProperties(
       if (cmHasPrefix(p, propNamePrefix)) {
         std::string tagName = p.substr(propNamePrefix.length());
         if (!tagName.empty()) {
-          const std::string& val = *props.GetPropertyValue(p);
-          if (!val.empty()) {
-            tags[tagName] = val;
+          cmProp val = props.GetPropertyValue(p);
+          if (cmNonempty(val)) {
+            tags[tagName] = *val;
           } else {
             tags.erase(tagName);
           }
diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index 0274a16..4a2bb49 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -2571,8 +2571,7 @@ int cmake::CheckBuildSystem()
 
   if (this->ClearBuildSystem) {
     // Get the generator used for this build system.
-    const char* genName =
-      cmToCStr(mf.GetDefinition("CMAKE_DEPENDS_GENERATOR"));
+    std::string genName = mf.GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_DEPENDS_GENERATOR");
     if (!cmNonempty(genName)) {
       genName = "Unix Makefiles";
     }