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author | Bartosz Kosiorek <bartosz.kosiorek@tomtom.com> | 2019-03-26 15:13:41 (GMT) |
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committer | Bartosz Kosiorek <bartosz.kosiorek@tomtom.com> | 2019-03-27 15:01:20 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Help/policy/CMP0012.rst b/Help/policy/CMP0012.rst index 85d64f4..17ec8d3 100644 --- a/Help/policy/CMP0012.rst +++ b/Help/policy/CMP0012.rst @@ -1,27 +1,28 @@ CMP0012 ------- -if() recognizes numbers and boolean constants. +:command:`if` recognizes numbers and boolean constants. -In CMake versions 2.6.4 and lower the if() command implicitly +In CMake versions 2.6.4 and lower the :command:`if` command implicitly dereferenced arguments corresponding to variables, even those named -like numbers or boolean constants, except for 0 and 1. Numbers and -boolean constants such as true, false, yes, no, on, off, y, n, -notfound, ignore (all case insensitive) were recognized in some cases -but not all. For example, the code "if(TRUE)" might have evaluated as -false. Numbers such as 2 were recognized only in boolean expressions -like "if(NOT 2)" (leading to false) but not as a single-argument like -"if(2)" (also leading to false). Later versions of CMake prefer to +like numbers or boolean constants, except for ``0`` and ``1``. Numbers and +boolean constants such as ``true``, ``false``, ``yes``, ``no``, ``on``, +``off``, ``y``, ``n``, ``notfound``, ``ignore`` (all case insensitive) +were recognized in some cases but not all. For example, the code ``if(TRUE)`` +might have evaluated as ``false``. +Numbers such as 2 were recognized only in boolean expressions +like ``if(NOT 2)`` (leading to ``false``) but not as a single-argument like +``if(2)`` (also leading to ``false``). Later versions of CMake prefer to treat numbers and boolean constants literally, so they should not be used as variable names. -The OLD behavior for this policy is to implicitly dereference -variables named like numbers and boolean constants. The NEW behavior +The ``OLD`` behavior for this policy is to implicitly dereference +variables named like numbers and boolean constants. The ``NEW`` behavior for this policy is to recognize numbers and boolean constants without dereferencing variables with such names. This policy was introduced in CMake version 2.8.0. CMake version -|release| warns when the policy is not set and uses OLD behavior. Use -the cmake_policy command to set it to OLD or NEW explicitly. +|release| warns when the policy is not set and uses ``OLD`` behavior. Use +the :command:`cmake_policy` command to set it to ``OLD`` or ``NEW`` explicitly. .. include:: DEPRECATED.txt |