Help: Use <variable> consistently in property getter commands

Property-related commands used a mix of <VAR>, <var>, or
<variable> to specify the variable to store the result in. The <VAR>
form is particularly confusing, since being uppercase it looks more
like a keyword. Use <variable> consistently across all the commands
so that the behavior is clear.
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Craig Scott 2024-01-05 15:37:39 +11:00
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@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ Get a global property of the CMake instance.
.. code-block:: cmake
get_cmake_property(<var> <property>)
get_cmake_property(<variable> <property>)
Gets a global property from the CMake instance. The value of
the ``<property>`` is stored in the variable ``<var>``.
If the property is not found, ``<var>`` will be set to ``NOTFOUND``.
the ``<property>`` is stored in the specified ``<variable>``.
If the property is not found, ``<variable>`` will be set to ``NOTFOUND``.
See the :manual:`cmake-properties(7)` manual for available properties.
In addition to global properties, this command (for historical reasons)

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@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ Get a property from a target.
.. code-block:: cmake
get_target_property(<VAR> <target> <property>)
get_target_property(<variable> <target> <property>)
Get a property from a target. The value of the property is stored in
the variable ``<VAR>``. If the target property is not found, the behavior
Get a property from a target. The value of the property is stored in the
specified ``<variable>``. If the target property is not found, the behavior
depends on whether it has been defined to be an ``INHERITED`` property
or not (see :command:`define_property`). Non-inherited properties will
set ``<VAR>`` to ``<VAR>-NOTFOUND``, whereas inherited properties will search
the relevant parent scope as described for the :command:`define_property`
command and if still unable to find the property, ``<VAR>`` will be set to
or not (see :command:`define_property`). Non-inherited properties will set
``<variable>`` to ``<variable>-NOTFOUND``, whereas inherited properties will
search the relevant parent scope as described for the :command:`define_property`
command and if still unable to find the property, ``<variable>`` will be set to
an empty string.
Use :command:`set_target_properties` to set target property values.

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@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ Get a property of the test.
.. code-block:: cmake
get_test_property(<test> <property> [DIRECTORY <dir>] <VAR>)
get_test_property(<test> <property> [DIRECTORY <dir>] <variable>)
Get a property from the test. The value of the property is stored in
the variable ``<VAR>``. If the test property is not found, the behavior
the specified ``<variable>``. If the test property is not found, the behavior
depends on whether it has been defined to be an ``INHERITED`` property
or not (see :command:`define_property`). Non-inherited properties will set
``<VAR>`` to ``NOTFOUND``, whereas inherited properties will search the
``<variable>`` to ``NOTFOUND``, whereas inherited properties will search the
relevant parent scope as described for the :command:`define_property`
command and if still unable to find the property, ``<VAR>`` will be set to
command and if still unable to find the property, ``<variable>`` will be set to
an empty string.
For a list of standard properties you can type