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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2018-11-13 18:40:48 (GMT)
committerKitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>2018-11-13 18:40:55 (GMT)
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Merge topic 'macro'
dcf11cbcdc Help: Mention endmacro argument as legacy only. Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> Merge-request: !2606
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@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Start recording a macro for later invocation as a command
macro(<name> [<arg1> ...])
<commands>
- endmacro(<name>)
+ endmacro()
Defines a macro named ``<name>`` that takes arguments
named ``<arg1>``, ...
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ behavior. Checking that ``${ARGC}`` is greater than ``#`` is the only
way to ensure that ``${ARGV#}`` was passed to the function as an extra
argument.
+Per legacy, the :command:`endmacro` command admits an optional
+``<name>`` argument. If used, it must be a verbatim repeat of the
+argument of the opening ``macro`` command.
+
+
See the :command:`cmake_policy()` command documentation for the behavior
of policies inside macros.