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CMAKE_ENABLE_EXPORTS
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-Specify whether an executable exports symbols for loadable modules.
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+Specify whether executables export symbols for loadable modules.
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-Normally an executable does not export any symbols because it is the
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-final program. It is possible for an executable to export symbols to
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-be used by loadable modules. When this property is set to true CMake
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-will allow other targets to ``link`` to the executable with the
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-:command:`TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES` command. On all platforms a target-level
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-dependency on the executable is created for targets that link to it.
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-For DLL platforms an import library will be created for the exported
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-symbols and then used for linking. All Windows-based systems
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-including Cygwin are DLL platforms. For non-DLL platforms that
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-require all symbols to be resolved at link time, such as macOS, the
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-module will ``link`` to the executable using a flag like
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-``-bundle_loader``. For other non-DLL platforms the link rule is simply
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-ignored since the dynamic loader will automatically bind symbols when
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-the module is loaded.
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-
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-This variable is used to initialize the target property
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-:prop_tgt:`ENABLE_EXPORTS` for executable targets.
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+This variable is used to initialize the :prop_tgt:`ENABLE_EXPORTS` target
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+property for executable targets when they are created by calls to the
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+:command:`add_executable` command. See the property documentation for details.
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