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Clarify list subcommand documentation (#8154) 

Make it clear that list subcommands that modify the list
do so in the current CMake variable scope, regardless of
the original scope of the list variable involved.
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David Cole 2011-02-07 16:55:07 -05:00
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"REMOVE_DUPLICATES will remove duplicated items in the list.\n"
"REVERSE reverses the contents of the list in-place.\n"
"SORT sorts the list in-place alphabetically.\n"
"The list subcommands APPEND, INSERT, REMOVE_AT, REMOVE_ITEM, "
"REMOVE_DUPLICATES, REVERSE and SORT may create new values for "
"the list within the current CMake variable scope. Similar to "
"the SET command, the LIST command creates new variable values "
"in the current scope, even if the list itself is actually "
"defined in a parent scope. To propagate the results of these "
"operations upwards, use SET with PARENT_SCOPE, SET with CACHE "
"INTERNAL, or some other means of value propagation.\n"
"NOTES: A list in cmake is a ; separated group of strings. "
"To create a list the set command can be used. For example, "
"set(var a b c d e) creates a list with a;b;c;d;e, and "