# test forcing a source file language to c++ from c cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6) project(SetLang) # force this to be verbose so I can debug a dashboard entry set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE 1) add_library(foo foo.c) add_executable(SetLang bar.c) set_source_files_properties(foo.c bar.c PROPERTIES LANGUAGE CXX) target_link_libraries(SetLang foo) set_target_properties(SetLang PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX) if((CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "(GNU|Clang|MSVC|Borland|Embarcadero|Intel|TI|XL)")) add_library(zoom zoom.zzz) set_source_files_properties(zoom.zzz PROPERTIES LANGUAGE CXX) target_link_libraries(SetLang zoom) target_compile_definitions(SetLang PRIVATE WITH_ZOOM) endif()