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CMake Source Code Guide
***********************

The following is a guide to the CMake source code for developers.
See documentation on `CMake Development`_ for more information.

.. _`CMake Development`: README.rst

C++ Code Style
==============

We use `clang-format`_ version **6.0** to define our style for C++ code in
the CMake source tree.  See the `.clang-format`_ configuration file for our
style settings.  Use the `Utilities/Scripts/clang-format.bash`_ script to
format source code.  It automatically runs ``clang-format`` on the set of
source files for which we enforce style.  The script also has options to
format only a subset of files, such as those that are locally modified.

.. _`clang-format`: http://clang.llvm.org/docs/ClangFormat.html
.. _`.clang-format`: ../../.clang-format
.. _`Utilities/Scripts/clang-format.bash`: ../../Utilities/Scripts/clang-format.bash

C++ Subset Permitted
====================

CMake requires compiling as C++11 in order to support building on older
toolchains.  However, to facilitate development, some standard library
features from more recent C++ standards are supported through a compatibility
layer.  These features are defined under the namespace ``cm`` and headers
are accessible under the ``cm/`` directory.  The headers under ``cm/`` can
be used in place of the standard ones when extended features are needed.
For example ``<cm/memory>`` can be used in place of ``<memory>``.

Available features are:

* From ``C++14``:

  * ``<cm/iterator>``:
    ``cm::make_reverse_iterator``, ``cm::cbegin``, ``cm::cend``,
    ``cm::rbegin``, ``cm::rend``, ``cm::crbegin``, ``cm::crend``

  * ``<cm/memory>``:
    ``cm::make_unique``

  * ``<cm/shared_mutex>``:
    ``cm::shared_lock``

  * ``<cm/type_traits>``:
    ``cm::enable_if_t``

* From ``C++17``:

  * ``<cm/algorithm>``:
    ``cm::clamp``

  * ``<cm/iterator>``:
    ``cm::size``, ``cm::empty``, ``cm::data``

  * ``<cm/optional>``:
    ``cm::nullopt_t``, ``cm::nullopt``, ``cm::optional``,
    ``cm::make_optional``, ``cm::bad_optional_access``

  * ``<cm/shared_mutex>``:
    ``cm::shared_mutex``

  * ``<cm/string_view>``:
    ``cm::string_view``

  * ``<cm/type_traits>``:
    ``cm::bool_constant``, ``cm::invoke_result_t``, ``cm::invoke_result``,
    ``cm::void_t``

  * ``<cm/utility>``:
    ``cm::in_place_t``, ``cm::in_place``

* From ``C++20``:

  * ``<cm/deque>``:
    ``cm::erase``, ``cm::erase_if``

  * ``<cm/list>``:
    ``cm::erase``, ``cm::erase_if``

  * ``<cm/map>`` :
    ``cm::erase_if``

  * ``<cm/set>`` :
    ``cm::erase_if``

  * ``<cm/string>``:
    ``cm::erase``, ``cm::erase_if``

  * ``<cm/unordered_map>``:
    ``cm::erase_if``

  * ``<cm/unordered_set>``:
    ``cm::erase_if``

  * ``<cm/vector>``:
    ``cm::erase``, ``cm::erase_if``

Additionally, some useful non-standard extensions to the C++ standard library
are available in headers under the directory ``cmext/`` in namespace ``cm``.
These are:

* ``<cmext/algorithm>``:

  * ``cm::append``:
    Append elements to a sequential container.

  * ``cm::contains``:
    Checks if element or key is contained in container.

* ``<cmext/iterator>``:

  * ``cm::is_terator``:
    Checks if a type is an iterator type.

  * ``cm::is_input_iterator``:
    Checks if a type is an input iterator type.

  * ``cm::is_range``:
    Checks if a type is a range type: functions ``std::begin()`` and
    ``std::end()`` apply.

  * ``cm::is_input_range``:
    Checks if a type is an input range type: functions ``std::begin()`` and
    ``std::end()`` apply and return an input iterator.

* ``<cmext/memory>``:

  * ``cm::static_reference_cast``:
    Apply a ``static_cast`` to a smart pointer.

  * ``cm::dynamic_reference_cast``:
    Apply a ``dynamic_cast`` to a smart pointer.

* ``<cmext/type_traits>``:

  * ``cm::is_container``:
    Checks if a type is a container type.

  * ``cm::is_associative_container``:
    Checks if a type is an associative container type.

  * ``cm::is_unordered_associative_container``:
    Checks if a type is an unordered associative container type.

  * ``cm::is_sequence_container``:
    Checks if a type is a sequence container type.

  * ``cm::is_unique_ptr``:
    Checks if a type is a ``std::unique_ptr`` type.

Dynamic Memory Management
=========================

To ensure efficient memory management, i.e. no memory leaks, it is required
to use smart pointers.  Any dynamic memory allocation must be handled by a
smart pointer such as ``std::unique_ptr`` or ``std::shared_ptr``.

It is allowed to pass raw pointers between objects to enable objects sharing.
A raw pointer **must** not be deleted. Only the object(s) owning the smart
pointer are allowed to delete dynamically allocated memory.

Source Tree Layout
==================

The CMake source tree is organized as follows.

* ``Auxiliary/``:
  Shell and editor integration files.

* ``Help/``:
  Documentation.  See the `CMake Documentation Guide`_.

  * ``Help/dev/``:
    Developer documentation.

  * ``Help/release/dev/``:
    Release note snippets for development since last release.

* ``Licenses/``:
  License files for third-party libraries in binary distributions.

* ``Modules/``:
  CMake language modules installed with CMake.

* ``Packaging/``:
  Files used for packaging CMake itself for distribution.

* ``Source/``:
  Source code of CMake itself.

* ``Templates/``:
  Files distributed with CMake as implementation details for generators,
  packagers, etc.

* ``Tests/``:
  The test suite.  See `Tests/README.rst`_.

* ``Utilities/``:
  Scripts, third-party source code.

  * ``Utilities/std/cm``:
    Support files for various C++ standards.

  * ``Utilities/std/cmext``:
    Extensions to the C++ STL.

  * ``Utilities/Sphinx/``:
    Sphinx configuration to build CMake user documentation.

  * ``Utilities/Release/``:
    Scripts used to package CMake itself for distribution on ``cmake.org``.
    See `Utilities/Release/README.rst`_.

.. _`CMake Documentation Guide`: documentation.rst
.. _`Tests/README.rst`: ../../Tests/README.rst
.. _`Utilities/Release/README.rst`: ../../Utilities/Release/README.rst