function (check_cache_property var prop) get_property(gp_val CACHE "${var}" PROPERTY "${prop}") message("get_property: -->${gp_val}<--") endfunction () set(var val CACHE STRING "doc") set_property(CACHE var PROPERTY VALUE "") # empty set_property(CACHE var PROPERTY ADVANCED TRUE) check_cache_property(var VALUE) check_cache_property(var ADVANCED) check_cache_property(var noexist)