enable_language(CXX) function(check_language_feature_flags lang level) if(CMAKE_${lang}${level}_STANDARD_COMPILE_OPTION) #this property is an internal implementation detail of CMake get_property(known_features GLOBAL PROPERTY CMAKE_${lang}${level}_KNOWN_FEATURES) list(LENGTH known_features len) if(len LESS 1) message(FATAL_ERROR "unable to find known features of ${lang}${level}") endif() string(TOLOWER ${lang} lang_lower) set(known_name ${lang_lower}${level}_known_features) set(meta_name ${lang_lower}${level}_meta_feature) add_library(${known_name} STATIC a.cxx) target_compile_features(${known_name} PUBLIC ${known_features}) add_library(${meta_name} STATIC a.cxx) target_compile_features(${meta_name} PUBLIC ${lang_lower}_std_${level}) endif() endfunction() check_language_feature_flags(CXX 98) check_language_feature_flags(CXX 11) check_language_feature_flags(CXX 14)