ENABLE_EXPORTS | |
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Specify whether an executable exports symbols for loadable modules. | |
Normally an executable does not export any symbols because it is the | |
final program. It is possible for an executable to export symbols to | |
be used by loadable modules. When this property is set to true CMake | |
will allow other targets to "link" to the executable with the | |
:command:`TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES` command. On all platforms a target-level | |
dependency on the executable is created for targets that link to it. | |
For DLL platforms an import library will be created for the exported | |
symbols and then used for linking. All Windows-based systems | |
including Cygwin are DLL platforms. For non-DLL platforms that | |
require all symbols to be resolved at link time, such as OS X, the | |
module will "link" to the executable using a flag like | |
``-bundle_loader``. For other non-DLL platforms the link rule is simply | |
ignored since the dynamic loader will automatically bind symbols when | |
the module is loaded. | |
This property is initialized by the value of the variable | |
:variable:`CMAKE_ENABLE_EXPORTS` if it is set when a target is created. |