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diff --git a/Help/prop_sf/LANGUAGE.rst b/Help/prop_sf/LANGUAGE.rst index 1dd2554d5..f14c176ca 100644 --- a/Help/prop_sf/LANGUAGE.rst +++ b/Help/prop_sf/LANGUAGE.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ LANGUAGE -------- -What programming language is the file. +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 @@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ the file extension. Typical values are ``CXX`` (i.e. C++), ``C``, ``CSharp``, ``CUDA``, ``Fortran``, ``ISPC``, and ``ASM``. Setting this property for a file means this file will be compiled. Do not set this for headers or files that should not be compiled. + +.. 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`. |