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diff --git a/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.rst b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.rst index bd1ace8..8143ba9 100644 --- a/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.rst +++ b/Help/prop_tgt/AUTOMOC.rst @@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ source files at build time and invoke moc accordingly. * If an ``#include`` statement like ``#include "moc_foo.cpp"`` is found, the ``Q_OBJECT`` class declaration is expected in the header, and - ``moc`` is run on the header file. + ``moc`` is run on the header file. A ``moc_foo.cpp`` file will be + generated from the source's header into the + :variable:`CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR` directory. This allows the + compiler to find the included ``moc_foo.cpp`` file regardless of the + location the original source. However, if multiple source files + in different directories do this then their generated moc files would + collide. In this case a diagnostic will be issued. * If an ``#include`` statement like ``#include "foo.moc"`` is found, then a ``Q_OBJECT`` is expected in the current source file and ``moc`` |