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| -rw-r--r-- | Help/prop_tgt/DEFINE_SYMBOL.rst | 8 |
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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/DEFINE_SYMBOL.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/DEFINE_SYMBOL.rst index eb7f937..775cf89 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/DEFINE_SYMBOL.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/DEFINE_SYMBOL.rst @@ -8,4 +8,10 @@ compiling sources in a shared library. If not set here then it is set to ``target_EXPORTS`` by default (with some substitutions if the target is not a valid C identifier). This is useful for headers to know whether they are being included from inside their library or outside to -properly setup dllexport/dllimport decorations. +properly setup dllexport/dllimport decorations on Windows. + +On POSIX platforms, this can optionally be used to control the visibility +of symbols. + +CMake provides support for such decorations with the :module:`GenerateExportHeader` +module. |