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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 6699d75..57fc1f7 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -413,6 +413,9 @@ keyword arguments. - `sources`, sources to add to targets (or generated header files that should be built before sources including them are built) - `version`, the version of this dependency, such as `1.2.3` + - `variables`, a dictionary of arbitrary strings, this is meant to be used + in subprojects where special variables would be provided via cmake or + pkg-config. Since 0.54.0 ### dependency() @@ -2373,14 +2376,16 @@ an external dependency with the following methods: - sources: any compiled or static sources the dependency has - `get_variable(cmake : str, pkgconfig : str, configtool : str, - default_value : str, pkgconfig_define : [str, str])` *(Added in - 0.51.0)* A generic variable getter method, which replaces the + internal: str, default_value : str, pkgconfig_define : [str, str])` + *(Added in 0.51.0)* A generic variable getter method, which replaces the get_*type*_variable methods. This allows one to get the variable from a dependency without knowing specifically how that dependency was found. If default_value is set and the value cannot be gotten from the object then default_value is returned, if it is not set then an error is raised. + *New in 0.54.0, the `internal` keyword* + ### `disabler` object A disabler object is an object that behaves in much the same way as |