Brad King wrote:
> On 08/15/2012 04:28 PM, Rolf Eike Beer wrote:
> > For the empty variable: it looks like an empty variable and a not existing
> > one are the same.
> 
> They are not the same:
> 
> $ cat var.cmake
> macro(report)
>   if(DEFINED A)
>     message("yes")
>   else()
>     message("no")
>   endif()
> endmacro()
> set(A "")
> report()
> set(A)
> report()
> 
> $ cmake -P var.cmake
> yes
> no
> 
> > Is there a sane way to query this or should I just ignore it anyway?
> 
> If mf->GetDefinition() returns NULL then the variable is not set.
> If it returns an empty string then the variable is empty.

So "set(result)" is something else then "set(result "")". Hmmm.

Eike
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