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# TestCXXAcceptsFlag
# ------------------
#
# Test CXX compiler for a flag
#
# Check if the CXX compiler accepts a flag
#
# ::
#
#   Macro CHECK_CXX_ACCEPTS_FLAG(FLAGS VARIABLE) -
#      checks if the function exists
#   FLAGS - the flags to try
#   VARIABLE - variable to store the result

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#
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macro(CHECK_CXX_ACCEPTS_FLAG FLAGS  VARIABLE)
  if(NOT DEFINED ${VARIABLE})
    message(STATUS "Checking to see if CXX compiler accepts flag ${FLAGS}")
    try_compile(${VARIABLE}
      ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
      ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/DummyCXXFile.cxx
      CMAKE_FLAGS -DCOMPILE_DEFINITIONS:STRING=${FLAGS}
      OUTPUT_VARIABLE OUTPUT)
    if(${VARIABLE})
      message(STATUS "Checking to see if CXX compiler accepts flag ${FLAGS} - yes")
      file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeOutput.log
        "Determining if the CXX compiler accepts the flag ${FLAGS} passed with "
        "the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\n\n")
    else()
      message(STATUS "Checking to see if CXX compiler accepts flag ${FLAGS} - no")
      file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeError.log
        "Determining if the CXX compiler accepts the flag ${FLAGS} failed with "
        "the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\n\n")
    endif()
  endif()
endmacro()
