Added the PROFILE flag for msc and Visual Studio

Author: nickclark2016

modules/vstudio/tests/vc2010/test_link.lua

@@ -767,3 +767,33 @@
 </Link>
 		]]
 	end
+
+
+--
+-- Test for the Profile flag.
+--
+
+	function suite.profileOn()
+		profile "On"
+		prepare()
+		test.capture [[
+<Link>
+	<SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
+	<ImportLibrary>bin\Debug\MyProject.lib</ImportLibrary>
+	<Profile>true</Profile>
+</Link>
+	]]
+	end
+
+
+	function suite.profileOff()
+		profile "Off"
+		prepare()
+		test.capture [[
+<Link>
+	<SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
+	<ImportLibrary>bin\Debug\MyProject.lib</ImportLibrary>
+	<Profile>false</Profile>
+</Link>
+	]]
+	end

modules/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua

@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@
 				m.additionalLinkOptions,
 				m.programDatabaseFile,
 				m.assemblyDebug,
+				m.profile,
 			}
 		end
 	end
@@ -2550,7 +2551,14 @@
 
 	function m.assemblyDebug(cfg)
 		if cfg.assemblydebug then
-      		m.element("AssemblyDebug", nil, "true")
+			m.element("AssemblyDebug", nil, "true")
+		end
+	end
+
+
+	function m.profile(cfg)
+		if cfg.profile ~= nil then
+			m.element("Profile", nil, iif(cfg.profile, "true", "false"))
 		end
 	end
 

src/_premake_init.lua

@@ -1188,6 +1188,12 @@
 		kind = "list:string",
 	}
 
+	p.api.register {
+		name = "profile",
+		scope = "config",
+		kind = "boolean"
+	}
+
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 --

src/tools/msc.lua

@@ -386,6 +386,13 @@
 			table.insert(flags, '/NODEFAULTLIB:' .. ignore)
 		end
 
+		-- If the type is ConsoleApp, WindowedApp, or SharedLib and PROFILE is set, add the appropriate flag.
+		if cfg.kind == "ConsoleApp" or cfg.kind == "WindowedApp" or cfg.kind == "SharedLib" then
+			if cfg.profile then
+				table.insert(flags, "/PROFILE")
+			end
+		end
+
 		return flags
 	end
 

tests/tools/test_msc.lua

@@ -628,7 +628,26 @@ end
 		test.contains("/DLL", msc.getldflags(cfg))
 	end
 
+	function suite.ldflags_onProfile()
+		kind "ConsoleApp"
+		profile "On"
+		prepare()
+		test.contains("/PROFILE", msc.getldflags(cfg))
+	end
 
+	function suite.ldflags_onNoProfile()
+		kind "ConsoleApp"
+		profile "Off"
+		prepare()
+		test.missing("/PROFILE", msc.getldflags(cfg))
+	end
+
+	function suite.ldflags_onProfileInvalidKind()
+		kind "StaticLib"
+		profile "On"
+		prepare()
+		test.missing("/PROFILE", msc.getldflags(cfg))
+	end
 
 --
 -- Check handling of CLR settings.

website/docs/profile.md

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Enable or disable instrumented performance profiling support in Visual Studio projects.
+
+```lua
+profile "value"
+```
+
+### Parameters ###
+| Value   | Description                                                             |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Default | Use the toolset's default instrumentated performance profiling setting. |
+| On      | Turn on instrumented performance profiling.                             |
+| Off     | Turn off instrumented performance profiling.                            |
+
+### Applies To ###
+
+Project configurations where the `kind` is an executable or a shared library.
+
+### Availability ###
+
+Premake 5.0-beta6 or later on Visual Studio or where the toolset is MSC.
+
+### Examples ###
+
+```lua
+project "MyProject"
+    kind "ConsoleApp"
+    profile "On"
+```

website/sidebars.js

@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ module.exports = {
 						'preferredtoolarchitecture',
 						'prelinkcommands',
 						'prelinkmessage',
+						'profile',
 						'project',
 						'propertydefinition',
 						'rebuildcommands',