Since commit fbf7a92975 (Makefile: Handle '#' in COMPILE_OPTIONS,
2014-08-12, v3.1.0-rc1~174^2) we escape `#` as `\#` in `flags.make`
variable assignments so that they are not treated as a comment.
Windows-style make tools like NMake do not interpret backslashes
in that way. Other means will be needed to handle `#` in contexts
where it is even possible. The test suite is not covering this
for NMake anyway, and actually has a workaround in `Tests/TryCompile`
for the old behavior, which we can now update.
CMake Tests Directory
*********************
This directory contains the CMake test suite.
See also the `CMake Source Code Guide`_.
.. _`CMake Source Code Guide`: ../Help/dev/source.rst
Many tests exist as immediate subdirectories, but some tests
are organized as follows.
* ``CMakeLib/``:
Source code, used for tests, that links to the ``CMakeLib`` library
defined over in ``Source/``.
* ``CMakeOnly/``:
Deprecated. Tests that run CMake to generate a project but not build it.
Superseded by ``Tests/RunCMake/``.
* ``Find*/``:
Tests for specific find modules that can only be run on machines with
the corresponding packages installed. They are enabled in
``CMakeLists.txt`` by undocumented options used on CI builds.
* ``Module/``:
Tests for specific CMake modules.
* ``RunCMake/``:
Tests that run CMake and/or other tools while precisely checking
their return code and stdout/stderr content. Useful for testing
error cases and diagnostic output.
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