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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Is it possible to read and to set a property/rule variable like <FLAGS>? What syntax would I use to do that? I mean <FLAGS> as it, for example, appears here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>set(CMAKE_C_COMPILE_OBJECT "${target_compiler} -c <FLAGS> -o <OBJECT>")<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For example can I do something like this (this is pseudo code)?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#read<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>set(MY_FLAGS, ${<FLAGS>} );<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>…<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>#set<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>set(<FLAGS>, ${MY_FLAGS});<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In the documentation, here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Useful_Variables#Expansion_Rules<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>it hints at this being possible but doesn’t explain, at least not so that I understand.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-David<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>