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@@ -206,9 +206,10 @@ enclosed content, such as `Escape Sequences`_ or `Variable References`_,
is performed. A bracket argument is always given to the command
invocation as exactly one argument.
-For example:
+.. No code-block syntax highlighting in the following example
+ (long string literal not supported by our cmake.py)
-.. code-block:: cmake
+For example::
message([=[
This is the first line in a bracket argument with bracket length 1.
@@ -253,9 +254,10 @@ closing quotes. Both `Escape Sequences`_ and `Variable References`_
are evaluated. A quoted argument is always given to the command
invocation as exactly one argument.
-For example:
+.. No code-block syntax highlighting in the following example
+ (escape \" not supported by our cmake.py)
-::
+For example::
message("This is a quoted argument containing multiple lines.
This is always one argument even though it contains a ; character.
@@ -264,11 +266,12 @@ For example:
It does end in an unescaped double quote.
")
+.. No code-block syntax highlighting in the following example
+ (for conformity with the two above examples)
+
The final ``\`` on any line ending in an odd number of backslashes
is treated as a line continuation and ignored along with the
-immediately following newline character. For example:
-
-.. code-block:: cmake
+immediately following newline character. For example::
message("\
This is the first line of a quoted argument. \