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diff --git a/Help/policy/CMP0063.rst b/Help/policy/CMP0063.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..298e9c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Help/policy/CMP0063.rst @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +CMP0063 +------- + +Honor visibility properties for all target types. + +The :prop_tgt:`<LANG>_VISIBILITY_PRESET` and +:prop_tgt:`VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN` target properties affect visibility +of symbols during dynamic linking. When first introduced these properties +affected compilation of sources only in shared libraries, module libraries, +and executables with the :prop_tgt:`ENABLE_EXPORTS` property set. This +was sufficient for the basic use cases of shared libraries and executables +with plugins. However, some sources may be compiled as part of static +libraries or object libraries and then linked into a shared library later. +CMake 3.3 and above prefer to honor these properties for sources compiled +in all target types. This policy preserves compatibility for projects +expecting the properties to work only for some target types. + +The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is to ignore the visibility properties +for static libraries, object libraries, and executables without exports. +The ``NEW`` behavior for this policy is to honor the visibility properties +for all target types. + +This policy was introduced in CMake version 3.3. CMake version +|release| warns when the policy is not set and uses ``OLD`` behavior. Use +the :command:`cmake_policy()` command to set it to ``OLD`` or ``NEW`` +explicitly. |