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Small example illustrating how CMake function scope works
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cmake-illustrate-function-scope.cmake
function(myfunc)
set(foo "myfunc")
message("Line ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_LINE} - foo: ${foo} [scope: myfunc]")
endfunction()
function(myfunc_parent_scope)
set(foo "myfunc_parent_scope" PARENT_SCOPE)
message("Line ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_LINE} - foo: ${foo} [scope: myfunc_parent_scope]")
endfunction()
set(foo "foo")
message("Line ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_LINE} - foo: ${foo} [scope: global]")
myfunc()
message("Line ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_LINE} - foo: ${foo} [scope: global]")
myfunc_parent_scope()
message("Line ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_LINE} - foo: ${foo} [scope: global]")
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