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| author | Nils Gladitz <nilsgladitz@gmail.com> | 2014-09-04 18:21:28 (GMT) |
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| committer | Nils Gladitz <nilsgladitz@gmail.com> | 2014-09-11 19:23:17 (GMT) |
| commit | 188a1f236e1594fc46163fbad5e062e3978c1e5a (patch) | |
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If: Introduce policy CMP0054 - don't dereference quoted variables in if()
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diff --git a/Help/command/if.rst b/Help/command/if.rst index a45b995..79e5d21 100644 --- a/Help/command/if.rst +++ b/Help/command/if.rst @@ -199,3 +199,9 @@ above-documented signature accepts ``<variable|string>``: * The left and right hand arguments to ``AND`` and ``OR`` are independently tested to see if they are boolean constants, if so they are used as such, otherwise they are assumed to be variables and are dereferenced. + +To prevent ambiguity, potential variable or keyword names can be +specified in a :ref:`Quoted Argument` or a :ref:`Bracket Argument`. +A quoted or bracketed variable or keyword will be interpreted as a +string and not dereferenced or interpreted. +See policy :policy:`CMP0054`. |