ENH: Test transitive link languages

This test creates a C executable that links to a C++ static library.  On
most platforms the executable will not link unless the C++ linker is
chosen correctly.

3 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Tests/LinkLanguage/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/LinkLanguage/CMakeLists.txt
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+++ b/Tests/LinkLanguage/CMakeLists.txt
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+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.7.20090708)
+project(LinkLanguage C CXX)
+
+add_library(foo STATIC foo.cxx)
+add_executable(LinkLanguage LinkLanguage.c)
+target_link_libraries(LinkLanguage foo)
+
+# CMake should now automatically choose CXX for linking, so we need
+# not set the property:
+#set_property(TARGET LinkLanguage PROPERTY LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
diff --git a/Tests/LinkLanguage/LinkLanguage.c b/Tests/LinkLanguage/LinkLanguage.c
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+++ b/Tests/LinkLanguage/LinkLanguage.c
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+extern int foo(void);
+int main()
+{
+  return foo();
+}
+
diff --git a/Tests/LinkLanguage/foo.cxx b/Tests/LinkLanguage/foo.cxx
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+++ b/Tests/LinkLanguage/foo.cxx
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+extern "C" int foo(void)
+{
+  // Reference C++ standard library symbols.
+  delete new int;
+  return 0;
+}