Codechange: [CMake] Pass API files list via a file to minimise command line length (#9874)

cmake/scripts/SquirrelIncludes.cmake

@@ -12,32 +12,11 @@ endif()
 if(NOT APIUC)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Script needs APIUC defined")
 endif()
+if(NOT API_FILES)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Script needs API_FILES defined")
+endif()
 
-set(ARGC 1)
-set(ARG_READ NO)
-
-# For MSVC CMake runs this script from a batch file using || to detect errors,
-# depending on source path it may quote args, and cause cmd to not understand ||
-# and pass it as argument to ourself.
-# Read all the arguments given to CMake; we are looking for -- and everything
-# that follows, until ||. Those are our api files.
-while(ARGC LESS CMAKE_ARGC)
-    set(ARG ${CMAKE_ARGV${ARGC}})
-
-    if(ARG STREQUAL "||")
-        set(ARG_READ NO)
-    endif()
-
-    if(ARG_READ)
-        list(APPEND SCRIPT_API_BINARY_FILES "${ARG}")
-    endif()
-
-    if(ARG STREQUAL "--")
-        set(ARG_READ YES)
-    endif()
-
-    math(EXPR ARGC "${ARGC} + 1")
-endwhile()
+file(READ "${API_FILES}" SCRIPT_API_BINARY_FILES)
 
 foreach(FILE IN LISTS SCRIPT_API_BINARY_FILES)
     file(STRINGS "${FILE}" LINES REGEX "^void SQ${APIUC}.*_Register\\(Squirrel \\*engine\\)$")

src/script/api/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -75,17 +75,19 @@ foreach(API "ai;AI" "game;GS" "template;Template")
     if(NOT "${APILC}" STREQUAL "template")
         list(APPEND SCRIPT_${APIUC}_BINARY_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${APILC}/${APILC}_controller.hpp.sq")
         set(INCLUDES_BINARY_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/generated/script/api/${APILC}/${APILC}_includes.hpp")
+        set(API_FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${APILC}.files")
+        file(GENERATE OUTPUT ${API_FILES} CONTENT "${SCRIPT_${APIUC}_BINARY_FILES}")
         add_custom_command_timestamp(OUTPUT ${INCLUDES_BINARY_FILE}
                 COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
                         -DINCLUDES_SOURCE_FILE=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/script_includes.hpp.in
                         -DINCLUDES_BINARY_FILE=${INCLUDES_BINARY_FILE}
                         -DAPIUC=${APIUC}
                         -DAPILC=${APILC}
+                        -DAPI_FILES=${API_FILES}
                         -P ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/scripts/SquirrelIncludes.cmake
-                        --
-                        ${SCRIPT_${APIUC}_BINARY_FILES}
                 MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/script_includes.hpp.in
                 DEPENDS ${SCRIPT_${APIUC}_BINARY_FILES}
+                        ${API_FILES}
                         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/scripts/SquirrelIncludes.cmake
                 WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
                 COMMENT "Generating ${APILC}/${APILC}_includes.hpp"