Build with CMake

qiotoolkit uses cmake as its build system. There are multiple build configurations available to choose from.

  • Debug (default): During development, you may want to rely on a non-optimized build with debug symbols.
  • Release: Uses optimization flags, strips debug symbols and all asserts from the code.
  • SelfConsistency: Within walkers, check each calculate_cost_difference() against a full invocation of calculate_cost() (VERY SLOW).

cmake is typically invoked in a new folder, e.g., path/to/qiotoolkit/cpp/YOUR_BUILD. The first time, cmake .. needs to be invoked with the selected build type. thereafter, you can simply make in that folder (even when modifying CMakeLists.txt files).

Note

The build type is also denoted in the build extensions found in each JSON response generated by the binary.

Debug Build (default)

$ cd path/to/qiotoolkit/cpp
$ mkdir debug_build
$ cd debug_build
$ cmake ..
$ make -j8

Release Build

$ cd path/to/qiotoolkit/cpp
$ mkdir release_build
$ cd release_build
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
$ make -j8

SelfConsistency Build

$ cd path/to/qiotoolkit/cpp
$ mkdir consistency_build
$ cd consistency_build
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=SelfConsistency
$ make -j8

Once built, you can continue to running your first simulation.