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authorBartosz Kosiorek <bartosz.kosiorek@tomtom.com>2019-03-26 15:13:41 (GMT)
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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