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11 changes: 6 additions & 5 deletions reference/tools/apple/xcodetoolchain.rst
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Expand Up @@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ Those files are:
files from this generator and the generated by the
:ref:`XcodeDeps<conan_tools_apple_xcodedeps>` in case it was also set.
- *conantoolchain_<debug/release>_x86_64.xcconfig*: declares ``CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY``,
``CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD`` and ``MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET`` variables with
conditional logic depending on the build configuration, architecture and sdk set.
``CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD`` and ``MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET`` (when ``os`` is set to ``Macos``)
variables with conditional logic depending on the build configuration, architecture and sdk set.
- *conantoolchain.xcconfig*: aggregates all the *conantoolchain_<config>_<arch>.xcconfig*
files for the different installed configurations.
- *conan_global_flags.xcconfig*: this file will only be generated in case of any
Expand All @@ -79,9 +79,10 @@ project.

The XcodeToolchain files can declare the following Xcode build settings based on Conan settings values:

- ``MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET`` is based on the value of the ``os.version`` setting and
will make the build system to pass the flag ``-mmacosx-version-min`` with that value (if
set). It defines the operating system version the binary should run into.
- ``*_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET`` is based on the value of the ``os`` + ``os.version`` settings and
will make the build system pass respective flag (e.g. ``MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET`` translates to
``-mmacosx-version-min`` for macOS) with that value (if set). It defines the minimum operating
system version the binary should run on.
- ``CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD`` is based on the value of the ``compiler.cppstd`` setting
that sets the C++ language standard.
- ``CLANG_CXX_LIBRARY`` is based on the value of the compiler.libcxx setting and sets the
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