# Inquiring C++ standard from build target for analyzer config - possible regression, bug or missing documentation?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cmake.org/t/inquiring-c-standard-from-build-target-for-analyzer-config-possible-regression-bug-or-missing-documentation/7584>\
**Category:** Usage\
**Created:** [March 2, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/inquiring-c-standard-from-build-target-for-analyzer-config-possible-regression-bug-or-missing-documentation/7584 "2023-03-02T07:12:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/inquiring-c-standard-from-build-target-for-analyzer-config-possible-regression-bug-or-missing-documentation/7584/7 "2023-03-06T13:07:52Z")

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It seems the fix would be to support generator expressions for `<LANG>_CPPCHECK` like we do already for `LINK_LIBRARIES`, `INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES`, `COMPILE_DEFINITIONS`. Seems like it should be just a few lines of code.

@craig.scott Agreed on this approach?

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