Merge topic 'getreqdef'

00ba28ffd0 cmMakefile::GetRequiredDefinition: return const std::string&

Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !2930
diff --git a/Source/cmExtraCodeBlocksGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExtraCodeBlocksGenerator.cxx
index e408de3..d9ae4eb 100644
--- a/Source/cmExtraCodeBlocksGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExtraCodeBlocksGenerator.cxx
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@
 
   // figure out the compiler
   std::string compiler = this->GetCBCompilerId(mf);
-  std::string make = mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
-  const std::string makeArgs =
+  const std::string& make = mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
+  const std::string& makeArgs =
     mf->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_CODEBLOCKS_MAKE_ARGUMENTS");
 
   cmXMLWriter xml(fout);
diff --git a/Source/cmExtraCodeLiteGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExtraCodeLiteGenerator.cxx
index 0773edc..6fe8c14 100644
--- a/Source/cmExtraCodeLiteGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExtraCodeLiteGenerator.cxx
@@ -628,8 +628,8 @@
 std::string cmExtraCodeLiteGenerator::GetBuildCommand(
   const cmMakefile* mf, const std::string& targetName) const
 {
-  std::string generator = mf->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_GENERATOR");
-  std::string make = mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
+  const std::string& generator = mf->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_GENERATOR");
+  const std::string& make = mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
   std::string buildCommand = make; // Default
   std::ostringstream ss;
   if (generator == "NMake Makefiles" || generator == "Ninja") {
@@ -669,8 +669,8 @@
   const cmMakefile* mf) const
 {
   std::string buildCommand;
-  std::string make = mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
-  std::string generator = mf->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_GENERATOR");
+  const std::string& make = mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
+  const std::string& generator = mf->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_GENERATOR");
   if (generator == "Unix Makefiles" || generator == "MinGW Makefiles") {
     std::ostringstream ss;
 #if defined(_WIN32)
diff --git a/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.cxx b/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.cxx
index 30067b7..a6ce8b7 100644
--- a/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExtraEclipseCDT4Generator.cxx
@@ -878,8 +878,8 @@
   xml.Attribute("moduleId", "org.eclipse.cdt.make.core.buildtargets");
   xml.StartElement("buildTargets");
   emmited.clear();
-  const std::string make = mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
-  const std::string makeArgs =
+  const std::string& make = mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
+  const std::string& makeArgs =
     mf->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_ECLIPSE_MAKE_ARGUMENTS");
 
   cmGlobalGenerator* generator =
@@ -1074,7 +1074,8 @@
   cmXMLWriter& xml, const cmMakefile& makefile)
 {
   // we need the "make" and the C (or C++) compiler which are used, Alex
-  std::string make = makefile.GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
+  const std::string& make =
+    makefile.GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
   std::string compiler = makefile.GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_C_COMPILER");
   std::string arg1 = makefile.GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ARG1");
   if (compiler.empty()) {
diff --git a/Source/cmExtraKateGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExtraKateGenerator.cxx
index 23ba6b7..76de75d 100644
--- a/Source/cmExtraKateGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExtraKateGenerator.cxx
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@
                                         cmGeneratedFileStream& fout) const
 {
   cmMakefile const* mf = lg->GetMakefile();
-  const std::string make = mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
-  const std::string makeArgs =
+  const std::string& make = mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
+  const std::string& makeArgs =
     mf->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_KATE_MAKE_ARGUMENTS");
   std::string const& homeOutputDir = lg->GetBinaryDirectory();
 
diff --git a/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx
index 739a177..59cfdca 100644
--- a/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExtraSublimeTextGenerator.cxx
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
   const std::vector<cmLocalGenerator*>& lgs, const cmMakefile* mf,
   cmGeneratedFileStream& fout, MapSourceFileFlags& sourceFileFlags)
 {
-  std::string make = mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
+  const std::string& make = mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
   std::string compiler;
   if (!lgs.empty()) {
     this->AppendTarget(fout, "all", lgs[0], nullptr, make.c_str(), mf,
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index 386a3f7..50d361e 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -680,8 +680,9 @@
         std::string compilerEnv = "CMAKE_";
         compilerEnv += lang;
         compilerEnv += "_COMPILER_ENV_VAR";
-        std::string envVar = mf->GetRequiredDefinition(compilerEnv);
-        std::string envVarValue = mf->GetRequiredDefinition(compilerName);
+        const std::string& envVar = mf->GetRequiredDefinition(compilerEnv);
+        const std::string& envVarValue =
+          mf->GetRequiredDefinition(compilerName);
         std::string env = envVar;
         env += "=";
         env += envVarValue;
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalMSYSMakefileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalMSYSMakefileGenerator.cxx
index 3c24556..606febe 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalMSYSMakefileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalMSYSMakefileGenerator.cxx
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
   std::vector<std::string> const& l, cmMakefile* mf, bool optional)
 {
   this->FindMakeProgram(mf);
-  std::string makeProgram = mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
+  const std::string& makeProgram =
+    mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
   std::vector<std::string> locations;
   std::string makeloc = cmSystemTools::GetProgramPath(makeProgram.c_str());
   locations.push_back(this->FindMinGW(makeloc));
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalMinGWMakefileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalMinGWMakefileGenerator.cxx
index c6d46e9..e218b4b 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalMinGWMakefileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalMinGWMakefileGenerator.cxx
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
   std::vector<std::string> const& l, cmMakefile* mf, bool optional)
 {
   this->FindMakeProgram(mf);
-  std::string makeProgram = mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
+  const std::string& makeProgram =
+    mf->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM");
   std::vector<std::string> locations;
   locations.push_back(cmSystemTools::GetProgramPath(makeProgram));
   locations.push_back("/mingw/bin");
diff --git a/Source/cmInstallTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmInstallTargetGenerator.cxx
index 59701a1..5cee9d3 100644
--- a/Source/cmInstallTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmInstallTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
     return;
   }
 
-  std::string ranlib =
+  const std::string& ranlib =
     this->Target->Target->GetMakefile()->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_RANLIB");
   if (ranlib.empty()) {
     return;
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 252aa4c..11ea930 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1364,9 +1364,9 @@
 
   std::string linkLanguage = cli.GetLinkLanguage();
 
-  std::string libPathFlag =
+  const std::string& libPathFlag =
     this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH_FLAG");
-  std::string libPathTerminator =
+  const std::string& libPathTerminator =
     this->Makefile->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH_TERMINATOR");
 
   // Add standard libraries for this language.
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
index 7019552..3946285 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalVisualStudio7Generator.cxx
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@
   std::string extraLinkOptionsBuildTypeDef =
     rootLinkerFlags + "_" + configTypeUpper;
 
-  std::string extraLinkOptionsBuildType =
+  const std::string& extraLinkOptionsBuildType =
     this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition(extraLinkOptionsBuildTypeDef);
 
   return extraLinkOptionsBuildType;
@@ -947,21 +947,18 @@
   std::string extraLinkOptions;
   if (target->GetType() == cmStateEnums::EXECUTABLE) {
     extraLinkOptions =
-      this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS") +
-      std::string(" ") +
+      this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS") + " " +
       GetBuildTypeLinkerFlags("CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS", configName);
   }
   if (target->GetType() == cmStateEnums::SHARED_LIBRARY) {
     extraLinkOptions =
       this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS") +
-      std::string(" ") +
-      GetBuildTypeLinkerFlags("CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS", configName);
+      " " + GetBuildTypeLinkerFlags("CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS", configName);
   }
   if (target->GetType() == cmStateEnums::MODULE_LIBRARY) {
     extraLinkOptions =
       this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS") +
-      std::string(" ") +
-      GetBuildTypeLinkerFlags("CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS", configName);
+      " " + GetBuildTypeLinkerFlags("CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS", configName);
   }
 
   const char* targetLinkFlags = target->GetProperty("LINK_FLAGS");
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
index cc61318..1839333 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
@@ -2425,16 +2425,18 @@
     cmSystemTools::SameFile(fileName, this->GetHomeOutputDirectory());
 }
 
-std::string cmMakefile::GetRequiredDefinition(const std::string& name) const
+const std::string& cmMakefile::GetRequiredDefinition(
+  const std::string& name) const
 {
-  const char* ret = this->GetDefinition(name);
-  if (!ret) {
+  static std::string const empty;
+  const std::string* def = GetDef(name);
+  if (!def) {
     cmSystemTools::Error("Error required internal CMake variable not "
                          "set, cmake may not be built correctly.\n",
                          "Missing variable is:\n", name.c_str());
-    return std::string();
+    return empty;
   }
-  return std::string(ret);
+  return *def;
 }
 
 bool cmMakefile::IsDefinitionSet(const std::string& name) const
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.h b/Source/cmMakefile.h
index 70a5689..fce90f2 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.h
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.h
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
   const char* GetDefinition(const std::string&) const;
   const std::string* GetDef(const std::string&) const;
   const std::string& GetSafeDefinition(const std::string&) const;
-  std::string GetRequiredDefinition(const std::string& name) const;
+  const std::string& GetRequiredDefinition(const std::string& name) const;
   bool IsDefinitionSet(const std::string&) const;
   /**
    * Get the list of all variables in the current space. If argument
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
index af34169..cfaa1fd9 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefileTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -654,19 +654,20 @@
       std::string cmdVar;
       if (this->GeneratorTarget->GetPropertyAsBool(
             "CUDA_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION")) {
-        cmdVar = std::string("CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION");
+        cmdVar = "CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION";
       } else if (this->GeneratorTarget->GetPropertyAsBool(
                    "CUDA_PTX_COMPILATION")) {
-        cmdVar = std::string("CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_PTX_COMPILATION");
+        cmdVar = "CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_PTX_COMPILATION";
       } else {
-        cmdVar = std::string("CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_WHOLE_COMPILATION");
+        cmdVar = "CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_WHOLE_COMPILATION";
       }
-      std::string compileRule = this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition(cmdVar);
+      const std::string& compileRule =
+        this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition(cmdVar);
       cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(compileRule, compileCommands);
     } else {
-      const std::string cmdVar =
-        std::string("CMAKE_") + lang + "_COMPILE_OBJECT";
-      std::string compileRule = this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition(cmdVar);
+      const std::string cmdVar = "CMAKE_" + lang + "_COMPILE_OBJECT";
+      const std::string& compileRule =
+        this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition(cmdVar);
       cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(compileRule, compileCommands);
     }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
index 5d76dc2..b525dac 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@
   if (explicitPP) {
     // Lookup the explicit preprocessing rule.
     std::string const ppVar = "CMAKE_" + lang + "_PREPROCESS_SOURCE";
-    std::string const ppCmd =
+    std::string const& ppCmd =
       this->GetMakefile()->GetRequiredDefinition(ppVar);
 
     // Explicit preprocessing always uses a depfile.
@@ -671,19 +671,18 @@
     std::string cmdVar;
     if (this->GeneratorTarget->GetPropertyAsBool(
           "CUDA_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION")) {
-      cmdVar = std::string("CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION");
+      cmdVar = "CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION";
     } else if (this->GeneratorTarget->GetPropertyAsBool(
                  "CUDA_PTX_COMPILATION")) {
-      cmdVar = std::string("CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_PTX_COMPILATION");
+      cmdVar = "CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_PTX_COMPILATION";
     } else {
-      cmdVar = std::string("CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_WHOLE_COMPILATION");
+      cmdVar = "CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_WHOLE_COMPILATION";
     }
-    std::string compileCmd = mf->GetRequiredDefinition(cmdVar);
+    const std::string& compileCmd = mf->GetRequiredDefinition(cmdVar);
     cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(compileCmd, compileCmds);
   } else {
-    const std::string cmdVar =
-      std::string("CMAKE_") + lang + "_COMPILE_OBJECT";
-    std::string compileCmd = mf->GetRequiredDefinition(cmdVar);
+    const std::string cmdVar = "CMAKE_" + lang + "_COMPILE_OBJECT";
+    const std::string& compileCmd = mf->GetRequiredDefinition(cmdVar);
     cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(compileCmd, compileCmds);
   }
 
@@ -1213,20 +1212,19 @@
     std::string cmdVar;
     if (this->GeneratorTarget->GetPropertyAsBool(
           "CUDA_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION")) {
-      cmdVar = std::string("CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION");
+      cmdVar = "CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION";
     } else if (this->GeneratorTarget->GetPropertyAsBool(
                  "CUDA_PTX_COMPILATION")) {
-      cmdVar = std::string("CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_PTX_COMPILATION");
+      cmdVar = "CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_PTX_COMPILATION";
     } else {
-      cmdVar = std::string("CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_WHOLE_COMPILATION");
+      cmdVar = "CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILE_WHOLE_COMPILATION";
     }
-    std::string compileCmd =
+    const std::string& compileCmd =
       this->GetMakefile()->GetRequiredDefinition(cmdVar);
     cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(compileCmd, compileCmds);
   } else {
-    const std::string cmdVar =
-      std::string("CMAKE_") + language + "_COMPILE_OBJECT";
-    std::string compileCmd =
+    const std::string cmdVar = "CMAKE_" + language + "_COMPILE_OBJECT";
+    const std::string& compileCmd =
       this->GetMakefile()->GetRequiredDefinition(cmdVar);
     cmSystemTools::ExpandListArgument(compileCmd, compileCmds);
   }
diff --git a/Source/cmUtilitySourceCommand.cxx b/Source/cmUtilitySourceCommand.cxx
index 231bca4..b59a587 100644
--- a/Source/cmUtilitySourceCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmUtilitySourceCommand.cxx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
   }
 
   // The source exists.
-  std::string cmakeCFGout =
+  const std::string& cmakeCFGout =
     this->Makefile->GetRequiredDefinition("CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR");
   std::string utilityDirectory = this->Makefile->GetCurrentBinaryDirectory();
   std::string exePath;