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| author | Craig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com> | 2018-03-21 10:32:21 (GMT) |
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| committer | Craig Scott <craig.scott@crascit.com> | 2018-03-21 10:39:54 (GMT) |
| commit | ff6234509e34269767b4f7d97a824e5899d0ba2a (patch) | |
| tree | 8f16ed9ad4b48254d349a3afdb970d118e59645d /Help/command/get_property.rst | |
| parent | 9cc97ab4dc647b1ca9b67bb7300453c8341607a7 (diff) | |
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Help: Clarify behavior of INHERITED properties
Fixes: #17839
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diff --git a/Help/command/get_property.rst b/Help/command/get_property.rst index 632ece6..8b85f7d 100644 --- a/Help/command/get_property.rst +++ b/Help/command/get_property.rst @@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ be one of the following: The required ``PROPERTY`` option is immediately followed by the name of the property to get. If the property is not set an empty value is -returned. If the ``SET`` option is given the variable is set to a boolean +returned, although some properties support inheriting from a parent scope +if defined to behave that way (see :command:`define_property`). + +If the ``SET`` option is given the variable is set to a boolean value indicating whether the property has been set. If the ``DEFINED`` option is given the variable is set to a boolean value indicating whether the property has been defined such as with the |