This keeps coming up and there probably have been many discussions on
how this might be "fixed" as well.
I am wondering if we could provide an alias for the "if" command (e.g.
"safe_if") that would inherit cmIfCommand but would reimplement
GetVariableOrString() without the variable lookup.
This would leave if() behavior intact for compatibility but would
provide an alternative with less surprising semantics.
I would keep else() elseif() endif() without additional aliases and
leave the behavior to the initial if variant.
Nils
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