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+## coercing values in the option() function is deprecated
+
+Currently code such as:
+```meson
+option('foo', type : 'boolean', value : 'false')
+```
+works, because Meson coerces `'false'` to `false`.
+
+This should be avoided, and will now result in a deprecation warning.