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diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst b/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst index 17f04ab..a2103f7 100644 --- a/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst +++ b/Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Variables that Provide Information /variable/CMAKE_JOB_POOL_PRECOMPILE_HEADER /variable/CMAKE_JOB_POOLS /variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_AR + /variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT /variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_RANLIB /variable/CMAKE_LANG_LINK_LIBRARY_SUFFIX /variable/CMAKE_LINK_LIBRARY_SUFFIX diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..128b1fb --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_LANG_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT.rst @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT +-------------------------------------- + +.. versionadded:: 3.14 + +Identification string of the compiler frontend variant. + +Some compilers have multiple, different frontends for accepting command +line options. (For example ``Clang`` originally only had a frontend +compatible with the ``GNU`` compiler but since its port to Windows +(``Clang-Cl``) it now also supports a frontend compatible with ``MSVC``.) +When CMake detects such a compiler it sets this +variable to what would have been the :variable:`CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_ID` for +the compiler whose frontend it resembles. + +.. note:: + In other words, this variable describes what command line options + and language extensions the compiler frontend expects. |