In version 3.8, SWIG_ADD_MODULE was deprecated in favor of SWIG_ADD_LIBRARY. This added the ability to control the TYPE for the target. From the documentation, the options are this:
https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.8/module/UseSWIG.html TYPE <SHARED|MODULE|STATIC|USE_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS> However, I can find no documentation of what these options mean and why someone would choose one over the other. I found some developer comments in KitWare's bug tracker proposing a change of the default, but it looks like they left it as 'MODULE'. https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/merge_requests/253 However, even which TYPE value is default appears undocumented. If we want to generalize from ADD_LIBRARY, we can get an idea of what some of the options generally mean: https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.0/command/add_library.html However, that says nothing for USE_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS -- which appears to be entirely unique to SWIG_ADD_LIBRARY. It was also the proposed alternate default in the referenced proposal. So, can anyone explain in the context of SWIG/C++/Python, why I would want to choose SHARED, STATIC, or USE_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS? What would be the practical impact on my wrapper, how it is built, its dependencies, etc. Thanks for any help, Rob -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake
