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Merge: 3821663 2d14b15
Author:     David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Feb 7 17:19:39 2011 -0500
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CommitDate: Mon Feb 7 17:19:39 2011 -0500

    Merge topic 'fix-8154-improve-list-documentation' into next
    
    2d14b15 Clarify list subcommand documentation (#8154)


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commit 2d14b15ec22a83ef78b0b9f1e5947f281e35d11a
Author:     David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Feb 7 16:55:07 2011 -0500
Commit:     David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com>
CommitDate: Mon Feb 7 16:55:07 2011 -0500

    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.

diff --git a/Source/cmListCommand.h b/Source/cmListCommand.h
index 7f229fa..d215295 100644
--- a/Source/cmListCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmListCommand.h
@@ -83,6 +83,14 @@ public:
       "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 "

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 Source/cmListCommand.h |    8 ++++++++
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