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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2022-07-05 21:30:58 (GMT)
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2022-07-05 21:31:05 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'docopt' into release-3.24
ee6b429498 Help: Clarify that option() is a boolean Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !7434
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option
------
-Provide an option that the user can optionally select.
+Provide a boolean option that the user can optionally select.
.. code-block:: cmake
option(<variable> "<help_text>" [value])
-Provides an option for the user to select as ``ON`` or ``OFF``.
-If no initial ``<value>`` is provided, ``OFF`` is used.
+If no initial ``<value>`` is provided, boolean ``OFF`` is the default value.
If ``<variable>`` is already set as a normal or cache variable,
then the command does nothing (see policy :policy:`CMP0077`).
-If you have options that depend on the values of other options, see
+For options that depend on the values of other options, see
the module help for :module:`CMakeDependentOption`.
+
+In CMake project mode, a boolean cache variable is created with the option
+value. In CMake script mode, a boolean variable is set with the option value.