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CMake/Help/command/add_compile_options.rst
Brad King ce0b983216 target_compile_options: Add syntax to specify shell strings
Options specified via `COMPILE_OPTIONS` and `INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS`
are deduplicated, but individual options can legitimately be duplicated
when grouped with other options, e.g.

    -D A -D B

After deduplication that becomes `-D A B`.  Therefore we need a way to
treat groups of options as units during deduplication.  A simple approach
is to specify each group as one option, e.g.

    "-D A" "-D B"

However, that conflicts with options that legitimately have spaces.  To
break this ambiguity, add a `SHELL:` prefix syntax to specify that an
option should be parsed like shell command line arguments after
deduplication, e.g.

    "SHELL:-D A" "SHELL:-D B"

These will survive deduplication intact, and then be parsed to produce
`-D A -D B` on the final command line.

Fixes: #15826
2018-03-14 11:10:25 -04:00

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add_compile_options
-------------------
Adds options to the compilation of source files.
::
add_compile_options(<option> ...)
Adds options to the compiler command line for targets in the current
directory and below that are added after this command is invoked.
See documentation of the :prop_dir:`directory <COMPILE_OPTIONS>` and
:prop_tgt:`target <COMPILE_OPTIONS>` ``COMPILE_OPTIONS`` properties.
This command can be used to add any options, but alternative commands
exist to add preprocessor definitions (:command:`target_compile_definitions`
and :command:`add_definitions`) or include directories
(:command:`target_include_directories` and :command:`include_directories`).
Arguments to ``add_compile_options`` may use "generator expressions" with
the syntax ``$<...>``. See the :manual:`cmake-generator-expressions(7)`
manual for available expressions. See the :manual:`cmake-buildsystem(7)`
manual for more on defining buildsystem properties.
.. include:: COMPILE_OPTIONS_SHELL.txt