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0008228CMakeCMakepublic2008-12-04 18:472016-06-10 14:30
Reportermwoehlke 
Assigned ToBill Hoffman 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
StatusclosedResolutionmoved 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product VersionCMake-2-6 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0008228: cmake allows creating variables that cannot be dereferenced
DescriptionTest CMakeLists.txt:

set(!BANG wacky CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
set("var with space" wacky CACHE STRING "" FORCE)

Both of these will create entries in the cache. However, as evidenced by:

message(STATUS "This is !BANG: ${!BANG}")
message(STATUS "This is var with space: ${var with space}")

...such variables cannot be expanded (attempting to do so throws an error). CMake should preferably not allow such variables to be created.
Steps To Reproduce
Additional InformationI discovered this while implementing a work-around to bug 8226, basically with the autotools-ism 'if ("!${foo}" MATCHES "bar")'. Therefore I would prefer for such variables to remain invalid :-).
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2008-12-04 18:47mwoehlkeNew Issue
2008-12-15 10:40Bill HoffmanStatusnew => assigned
2008-12-15 10:40Bill HoffmanAssigned To => Bill Hoffman
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotNote Added: 0041476
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotStatusassigned => resolved
2016-06-10 14:27Kitware RobotResolutionopen => moved
2016-06-10 14:30Kitware RobotStatusresolved => closed

Notes
(0041476)
Kitware Robot   
2016-06-10 14:27   
Resolving issue as `moved`.

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