cmGeneratorExpression: Add cmGeneratorExpression::Evaluate utility

cmGeneratorExpression::Evaluate is a shortcut when only the evaluated string is
needed or an instance of cmCompiledGeneratorExpression cannot be cached.

Fixes: #19686

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 92316d336a..7faafba439 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -663,10 +663,8 @@ std::set<std::string> cmGlobalVisualStudio7Generator::IsPartOfDefaultBuild(
         for (std::string const& i : configs) {
           const char* propertyValue =
             target->Target->GetMakefile()->GetDefinition(propertyName);
-          cmGeneratorExpression ge;
-          std::unique_ptr<cmCompiledGeneratorExpression> cge =
-            ge.Parse(propertyValue);
-          if (cmIsOn(cge->Evaluate(target->GetLocalGenerator(), i))) {
+          if (cmIsOn(cmGeneratorExpression::Evaluate(
+                propertyValue, target->GetLocalGenerator(), i))) {
             activeConfigs.insert(i);
           }
         }