Mixing C and C++ sources in cmake [duplicate]

Question

I am trying to compile a C and C++ source codes. Currently I am using c++0x standard for C++ by adding this line to the cmake file add_definitions(-std=c++0x).

During the compilation, I get the following warning: cc1: warning: command line option ‘-std=c++11’ is valid for C++/ObjC++ but not for C [enabled by default] and this error: error: ‘for’ loop initial declarations are only allowed in C99 mode referred to a for loop in the c code.

I am wondering how can I set a standard for c code in the cmake file.

Answer 1

You should not use add_definitions for that, instead do something like

SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11")
SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c99")

-std=c99 if you want loop initial declarations.

add_definitions is for definitions like -DUSE_SOME_LIBRARY.

Answer 2

Instead of add_definitions you should use something like this instead:

set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++0x")