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<span id="module:CheckFunctionExists"></span><h1>CheckFunctionExists<a class="headerlink" href="#checkfunctionexists" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> | |
<p>Check if a C function can be linked</p> | |
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<dt id="command:check_function_exists"> | |
<code class="sig-name descname">check_function_exists</code><a class="headerlink" href="#command:check_function_exists" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> | |
<dd><div class="highlight-cmake notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nf">check_function_exists(</span><span class="nv"><function></span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv"><variable></span><span class="nf">)</span><span class="w"></span> | |
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<p>Checks that the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre"><function></span></code> is provided by libraries on the system and store | |
the result in a <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre"><variable></span></code>, which will be created as an internal | |
cache variable.</p> | |
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<p>The following variables may be set before calling this macro to modify the | |
way the check is run:</p> | |
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS</span></code></dt><dd><p>string of compile command line flags.</p> | |
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS</span></code></dt><dd><p>a <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-language.7.html#cmake-language-lists"><span class="std std-ref">;-list</span></a> of macros to define (-DFOO=bar).</p> | |
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<dt><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES</span></code></dt><dd><p>a <a class="reference internal" href="../manual/cmake-language.7.html#cmake-language-lists"><span class="std std-ref">;-list</span></a> of header search paths to pass to | |
the compiler.</p> | |
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<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.1: </span>execute quietly without messages.</p> | |
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<p class="admonition-title">Note</p> | |
<p>Prefer using <span class="target" id="index-0-module:CheckSymbolExists"></span><a class="reference internal" href="CheckSymbolExists.html#module:CheckSymbolExists" title="CheckSymbolExists"><code class="xref cmake cmake-module docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CheckSymbolExists</span></code></a> instead of this module, | |
for the following reasons:</p> | |
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<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">check_function_exists()</span></code> can't detect functions that are inlined | |
in headers or specified as a macro.</p></li> | |
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">check_function_exists()</span></code> can't detect anything in the 32-bit | |
versions of the Win32 API, because of a mismatch in calling conventions.</p></li> | |
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">check_function_exists()</span></code> only verifies linking, it does not verify | |
that the function is declared in system headers.</p></li> | |
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