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Cristian Adam 729d997f10 Precompile Headers: Add REUSE_FROM signature
Add the ability to share precompiled headers artifacts between
targets.

Fixes: #19659
2019-09-17 11:58:38 +02:00

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target_precompile_headers
-------------------------
Add a list of header files to precompile.
.. code-block:: cmake
target_precompile_headers(<target>
<INTERFACE|PUBLIC|PRIVATE> [header1...]
[<INTERFACE|PUBLIC|PRIVATE> [header2...] ...])
target_precompile_headers(<target> REUSE_FROM <other_target>)
Adds header files to :prop_tgt:`PRECOMPILE_HEADERS` or
:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS` target properties.
The second signature will reuse an already precompiled header file artefact
from another target. This is done by setting the
:prop_tgt:`PRECOMPILE_HEADERS_REUSE_FROM` to ``<other_target>`` value.
The ``<other_target>`` will become a dependency of ``<target>``.
.. note::
The second signature will require the same set of compiler options,
compiler flags, compiler definitions for both ``<target>``, and
``<other_target>``. Compilers (e.g. GCC) will issue a warning if the
precompiled header file cannot be used (``-Winvalid-pch``).
Precompiling header files can speed up compilation by creating a partially
processed version of some header files, and then using that version during
compilations rather than repeatedly parsing the original headers.
The named ``<target>`` must have been created by a command such as
:command:`add_executable` or :command:`add_library` and must not be an
:ref:`ALIAS target <Alias Targets>`.
The ``INTERFACE``, ``PUBLIC`` and ``PRIVATE`` keywords are required to
specify the scope of the following arguments. ``PRIVATE`` and ``PUBLIC``
items will populate the :prop_tgt:`PRECOMPILE_HEADERS` property of
``<target>``. ``PUBLIC`` and ``INTERFACE`` items will populate the
:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS` property of ``<target>``.
(:ref:`IMPORTED targets <Imported Targets>` only support ``INTERFACE`` items.)
Repeated calls for the same ``<target>`` append items in the order called.
Arguments to ``target_precompile_headers`` may use "generator expressions"
with the syntax ``$<...>``.
See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)` manual for available
expressions. See the :manual:`cmake-compile-features(7)` manual for
information on compile features and a list of supported compilers.
.. code-block:: cmake
target_precompile_headers(<target>
PUBLIC
"project_header.h"
PRIVATE
<unordered_map>
)
Header files will be double quoted if they are not specified with double
quotes or angle brackets.
See Also
^^^^^^^^
For disabling precompile headers for specific targets there is the
property :prop_tgt:`DISABLE_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS`.
For skipping certain source files there is the source file property
:prop_sf:`SKIP_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS`.