Version 1604, Revision 2

Author: AlexWorx

README.md

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ In other versioning schemes, this would have been version **2.0**.
     * Logging **Exceptions** (recursively with inner exceptions)
     * Logging **XML trees**
 
-* C++ version accepts arbitrary **3rd party string types**. No need to convert, e.g. a *QString* before logging it although ALox is not built on QT! This goal was reached by underlying A-Worx utility library *ALib* (open source, MIT License) which greatly [solved that problem](http://alexworx.github.io/ALox-Logging-Library/cpp_ref/namespaceaworx_1_1lib_1_1strings.html) using some *template meta programming* to relieve us from the (disastrous) string mix in the C++ world.
+* C++ version accepts arbitrary **3rd party string types**. This goal was reached by underlying A-Worx utility library *ALib* (open source, MIT License) which greatly [solved that problem](http://alexworx.github.io/ALox-Logging-Library/cpp_ref/namespaceaworx_1_1lib_1_1strings.html) using some *template meta programming* to relieve us from the (disastrous) string mix in the C++ world.
   On the same token, conversion of **user defined types** to loggable (string) objects is supported. After implementing the conversion once, you can just throw your custom types into ALox log statements, even as a part of a concatenated log message.
 
 * and finally: ALox is under **continuous development**. You're invited to contribute!

build/cmake.cpp/ALib_Base.cmake

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # initialize things
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # set version
-    set( ALIB_VERSION       "1604R1"     )
+    set( ALIB_VERSION       "1604R2"     )
 
     if (ALIB_SRC_DIR)
         message( "ALib_Base.cmake: Already included (included twice!)" )
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ set( ALIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS ${ALIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS}         ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
 
     if     ( ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "GNU"    )
         # add -H to generate output "!/x" for use of precompiled header
-        set( AWORX_COMPILE_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Werror -std=c++11" )
+        set( AWORX_COMPILE_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Werror -std=c++11 -fPIC" )
 
         # add coverage flags to GCC
         if( ${AWORX_COVERAGE_COMPILE} )

build/cmake.cpp/alox.lib/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     project("ALox_Static_Library")
     cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.1.0 ) ###FATAL_ERROR)
 
-    # enable modules in project path #TODO: is this to be able to include ../*.cmake? test this and document it better
+    # enable modules in project path
     set (CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.")
 
 
@@ -33,35 +33,43 @@
     #set( ALIB_DEBUG_STRINGS             "On"  )
     #set( ALIB_FEAT_THREADS              "Off" )
     #set( ALOX_DBG_LOG                   "Off" )
-    #set( ALOX_DBG_LOG_CI                "Off"  )
+    #set( ALOX_DBG_LOG_CI                "Off" )
     #set( ALOX_REL_LOG                   "Off" )
     #set( ALOX_REL_LOG_CI                "On"  )
 
     set ( ALOX_BASE_DIR   "../../.."  )
     include( ${ALOX_BASE_DIR}/build/cmake.cpp/ALox_Base.cmake )
 
-
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# cotire (set precompiled headers)
+# Precompiled headers with 'cotire' CMake script.
+#    More Info at: https://github.com/sakra/cotire/
+#
+# Note:
+#   To disable, just comment (enable) the whole section below. By default, this is disabled
+#   when publishing the project, because cotire adds potential complexity. E.g. somtimes a
+#   make clean does not seem to work if CMake files were changed. In this case, the whole build
+#   folder needs to be deleted.
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    include(${ALIB_BASE_DIR}/build/cmake.cpp/cotire.cmake)
-
-    set_target_properties( ALox_StaticLib           PROPERTIES COTIRE_CXX_PREFIX_HEADER_INIT
-                                                    "${ALIB_SRC_DIR}/alib/stdafx_alib.h" )
-    cotire               ( ALox_StaticLib )
-
-    # cotire sets the following properties
-    set ( _dumppname "ALox_StaticLib" )
-    get_target_property( _unitySource        ${_dumppname}    COTIRE_CXX_UNITY_SOURCE      )
-    get_target_property( _prefixHeader       ${_dumppname}    COTIRE_CXX_PREFIX_HEADER     )
-    get_target_property( _precompiledHeader  ${_dumppname}    COTIRE_CXX_PRECOMPILED_HEADER)
-    get_target_property( _unityTargetName    ${_dumppname}    COTIRE_UNITY_TARGET_NAME     )
-
-    message(STATUS "${_dumppname} unity source:       ${_unitySource}")
-    message(STATUS "${_dumppname} prefix header:      ${_prefixHeader}")
-    message(STATUS "${_dumppname} precompiled header: ${_precompiledHeader}")
-    message(STATUS "${_dumppname} unity target:       ${_unityTargetName}")
+#    include(${ALIB_BASE_DIR}/build/cmake.cpp/cotire.cmake)
+#
+#    set_target_properties( ALox_StaticLib           PROPERTIES COTIRE_CXX_PREFIX_HEADER_INIT
+#                                                    "${ALIB_SRC_DIR}/alib/stdafx_alib.h" )
+#    cotire               ( ALox_StaticLib )
+
+
+    #------- dump cotire properties -------
+
+    # set ( _dumppname "ALox_StaticLib" )
+    # get_target_property( _unitySource        ${_dumppname}    COTIRE_CXX_UNITY_SOURCE      )
+    # get_target_property( _prefixHeader       ${_dumppname}    COTIRE_CXX_PREFIX_HEADER     )
+    # get_target_property( _precompiledHeader  ${_dumppname}    COTIRE_CXX_PRECOMPILED_HEADER)
+    # get_target_property( _unityTargetName    ${_dumppname}    COTIRE_UNITY_TARGET_NAME     )
+    #
+    # message(STATUS "${_dumppname} unity source:       ${_unitySource}")
+    # message(STATUS "${_dumppname} prefix header:      ${_prefixHeader}")
+    # message(STATUS "${_dumppname} precompiled header: ${_precompiledHeader}")
+    # message(STATUS "${_dumppname} unity target:       ${_unityTargetName}")
 
 
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