[LLVMdev] [cfe-dev] is configure+make dead yet?

[Óscar Fuentes]

Manuel Klimek <klimek at google.com> writes:

>> >> CMake generates gigantic project files for IDEs like Visual Studio and
>> >> Xcode, which causes those IDEs to behavior very poorly, with long
>> >> project load times and sluggish overall performance. It's a significant
>> >> productivity problem.
>> > -- Douglas Gregor, On 26 Jun 2012, at 17:42
>> > (on thread "CMake Question: Do we need to support stand-alone builds?")
>>
>> I don't know if Doug measured the impact on Visual Studio performance
>> specifically caused by CMake, compared to non-CMake project
>> files. AFAIK, CMake is the only existing option for working with Visual
>> Studio, so I have no idea of what's the point of Doug here.
>>
>
> Doug specifically mentioned Xcode.

... and VS.

> For VS CMake does support project()s
> which you can open by themselves in the IDE, including all dependencies.

So it doesn't for Xcode? CMake comes with an Xcode generator which had
(has?) several nasty limitations. Time ago some Apple people were in
touch with the CMake developers and, IIRC, patches were proposed. I
guess that the Xcode generator still lacks in quality.