| LANGUAGE |
| -------- |
| |
| Specify the programming language in which a source file is written. |
| |
| A property that can be set to indicate what programming language the |
| source file is. If it is not set the language is determined based on |
| the file extension. Typical values are ``CXX`` (i.e. C++), ``C``, |
| ``CSharp``, ``CUDA``, ``Fortran``, ``HIP``, ``ISPC``, and ``ASM``. Setting |
| this property for a file means this file will be compiled, unless |
| :prop_sf:`HEADER_FILE_ONLY` is set. |
| |
| .. versionchanged:: 3.20 |
| Setting this property causes the source file to be compiled as the |
| specified language, using explicit flags if possible. Previously it |
| only caused the specified language's compiler to be used. |
| See policy :policy:`CMP0119`. |