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diff --git a/Help/command/include_guard.rst b/Help/command/include_guard.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62cce22 --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/command/include_guard.rst @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +include_guard +------------- + +Provides an include guard for the file currently being processed by CMake. + +:: + + include_guard([DIRECTORY|GLOBAL]) + +Sets up an include guard for the current CMake file (see the +:variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE` variable documentation). + +CMake will end its processing of the current file at the location of the +:command:`include_guard` command if the current file has already been +processed for the applicable scope (see below). This provides functionality +similar to the include guards commonly used in source headers or to the +``#pragma once`` directive. If the current file has been processed previously +for the applicable scope, the effect is as though :command:`return` had been +called. Do not call this command from inside a function being defined within +the current file. + +An optional argument specifying the scope of the guard may be provided. +Possible values for the option are: + +``DIRECTORY`` + The include guard applies within the current directory and below. The file + will only be included once within this directory scope, but may be included + again by other files outside of this directory (i.e. a parent directory or + another directory not pulled in by :command:`add_subdirectory` or + :command:`include` from the current file or its children). + +``GLOBAL`` + The include guard applies globally to the whole build. The current file + will only be included once regardless of the scope. + +If no arguments given, ``include_guard`` has the same scope as a variable, +meaning that the include guard effect is isolated by the most recent +function scope or current directory if no inner function scopes exist. +In this case the command behavior is the same as: + +.. code-block:: cmake + + if(__CURRENT_FILE_VAR__) + return() + endif() + set(__CURRENT_FILE_VAR__ TRUE) |