From 7829ea76ad20dc3d12e33b35656d6e5d9e116e7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Pfeifer <daniel@pfeifer-mail.de>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 18:03:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] source: Pass cmFileTime by value

---
 Source/cmFileTime.h        | 30 ++++++++++--------------------
 Source/cmQtAutoGenerator.h |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Source/cmFileTime.h b/Source/cmFileTime.h
index 52ecf50b52..7887bf13de 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileTime.h
+++ b/Source/cmFileTime.h
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ public:
   // unit time is 100 nanosecond
   static constexpr TimeType UtPerS = 10000000;
 #endif
-  cmFileTime() = default;
-  ~cmFileTime() = default;
-  cmFileTime(cmFileTime const&) = default;
-  cmFileTime& operator=(cmFileTime const&) = default;
 
   /**
    * @brief Loads the file time of fileName from the file system
@@ -36,34 +32,28 @@ public:
   /**
    * @brief Return true if this is older than ftm
    */
-  bool Older(cmFileTime const& ftm) const
-  {
-    return (this->Time - ftm.Time) < 0;
-  }
+  bool Older(cmFileTime ftm) const { return (this->Time - ftm.Time) < 0; }
 
   /**
    * @brief Return true if this is newer than ftm
    */
-  bool Newer(cmFileTime const& ftm) const
-  {
-    return (ftm.Time - this->Time) < 0;
-  }
+  bool Newer(cmFileTime ftm) const { return (ftm.Time - this->Time) < 0; }
 
   /**
    * @brief Return true if this is the same as ftm
    */
-  bool Equal(cmFileTime const& ftm) const { return this->Time == ftm.Time; }
+  bool Equal(cmFileTime ftm) const { return this->Time == ftm.Time; }
 
   /**
    * @brief Return true if this is not the same as ftm
    */
-  bool Differ(cmFileTime const& ftm) const { return this->Time != ftm.Time; }
+  bool Differ(cmFileTime ftm) const { return this->Time != ftm.Time; }
 
   /**
    * @brief Compare file modification times.
    * @return -1, 0, +1 for this older, same, or newer than ftm.
    */
-  int Compare(cmFileTime const& ftm) const
+  int Compare(cmFileTime ftm) const
   {
     TimeType const diff = this->Time - ftm.Time;
     if (diff == 0) {
@@ -77,7 +67,7 @@ public:
   /**
    * @brief Return true if this is at least a second older than ftm
    */
-  bool OlderS(cmFileTime const& ftm) const
+  bool OlderS(cmFileTime ftm) const
   {
     return (ftm.Time - this->Time) >= cmFileTime::UtPerS;
   }
@@ -85,7 +75,7 @@ public:
   /**
    * @brief Return true if this is at least a second newer than ftm
    */
-  bool NewerS(cmFileTime const& ftm) const
+  bool NewerS(cmFileTime ftm) const
   {
     return (this->Time - ftm.Time) >= cmFileTime::UtPerS;
   }
@@ -93,7 +83,7 @@ public:
   /**
    * @brief Return true if this is within the same second as ftm
    */
-  bool EqualS(cmFileTime const& ftm) const
+  bool EqualS(cmFileTime ftm) const
   {
     TimeType diff = this->Time - ftm.Time;
     if (diff < 0) {
@@ -105,7 +95,7 @@ public:
   /**
    * @brief Return true if this is older or newer than ftm by at least a second
    */
-  bool DifferS(cmFileTime const& ftm) const
+  bool DifferS(cmFileTime ftm) const
   {
     TimeType diff = this->Time - ftm.Time;
     if (diff < 0) {
@@ -119,7 +109,7 @@ public:
    * @return -1: this at least a second older, 0: this within the same second
    *         as ftm, +1: this at least a second newer than ftm.
    */
-  int CompareS(cmFileTime const& ftm) const
+  int CompareS(cmFileTime ftm) const
   {
     TimeType const diff = this->Time - ftm.Time;
     if (diff <= -cmFileTime::UtPerS) {
diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGenerator.h b/Source/cmQtAutoGenerator.h
index f8ea90dfc5..486d1c96e2 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGenerator.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public:
   // -- Info options
   std::string const& InfoFile() const { return this->InfoFile_; }
   std::string const& InfoDir() const { return this->InfoDir_; }
-  cmFileTime const& InfoFileTime() const { return this->InfoFileTime_; }
+  cmFileTime InfoFileTime() const { return this->InfoFileTime_; }
   std::string const& InfoConfig() const { return this->InfoConfig_; }
   std::string const& ExecutableConfig() const
   {