https://www.visgraf.impa.br/seminar/slides/rodlima_cmake_presentation.pdf
- Useful to manage long list of elements
- Elements can be manipulated depending on running platform
- Useful for source file lists
- Example:
set(sources viewer.cpp config.cpp) if(WIN32) list(APPEND sources viewer_mfc.cpp) elseif(UNIX) list(APPEND sources viewer_gtk.cpp) else() message(FATAL_ERROR "Platform not supported") endif() add_executable(viewer ${sources}) list(LENGTH sources srclen) message("${srclen} source files") foreach(src ${sources}) message("Source: ${src}") endforeach()