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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2016-10-26 16:11:01 -0400
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2016-11-02 10:00:28 -0400
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Features: Add meta-features requesting awareness of a particular standard
A common use case of `target_compile_features` is simply to specify that the compiler should be run in a mode that is aware of e.g. C++11. Some projects simply specify a particular C++11-only feature to request this. Provide a first-class way to do this by naming features after the corresponding language standard. Record them as always available in the corresponding standard level so that requesting them always ensures that standard (or higher) is used.
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diff --git a/Help/prop_gbl/CMAKE_CXX_KNOWN_FEATURES.rst b/Help/prop_gbl/CMAKE_CXX_KNOWN_FEATURES.rst
index e8f4d2a107..00a5104ef2 100644
--- a/Help/prop_gbl/CMAKE_CXX_KNOWN_FEATURES.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_gbl/CMAKE_CXX_KNOWN_FEATURES.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ compile features and a list of supported compilers.
The features known to this version of CMake are:
+``cxx_std_98``
+ Compiler mode is aware of C++ 98.
+
+``cxx_std_11``
+ Compiler mode is aware of C++ 11.
+
+``cxx_std_14``
+ Compiler mode is aware of C++ 14.
+
``cxx_aggregate_default_initializers``
Aggregate default initializers, as defined in N3605_.
diff --git a/Help/prop_gbl/CMAKE_C_KNOWN_FEATURES.rst b/Help/prop_gbl/CMAKE_C_KNOWN_FEATURES.rst
index a08af00897..3707fef1ef 100644
--- a/Help/prop_gbl/CMAKE_C_KNOWN_FEATURES.rst
+++ b/Help/prop_gbl/CMAKE_C_KNOWN_FEATURES.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ compile features and a list of supported compilers.
The features known to this version of CMake are:
+``c_std_90``
+ Compiler mode is aware of C 90.
+
+``c_std_99``
+ Compiler mode is aware of C 99.
+
+``c_std_11``
+ Compiler mode is aware of C 11.
+
``c_function_prototypes``
Function prototypes, as defined in ``ISO/IEC 9899:1990``.