Yes, it says the same thing. However, if the wording of unlessset is made as close as possible to teh wording of ifset, the contrast between the two is made more obvious.
In fact you could use ifset: the variable will be set only if the provided 'ifset' variable is already set (Since 2.4) unlessset the variable will be set only if the provided 'unlessset' variable is not set (Since 2.4) Peter West And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus... On 3 Jan 2015, at 7:11 am, Marc De Boeck <mdeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I suppose that in the description of the unlessset attribute, 'not' should > be removed: > unlessset: the variable will be set unless the provided 'unlessset' > variable is set (Since 2.4) > Which is the same as your interpretation: "variable will only be set if the > provided 'unlessset' variable is not set". > > Regards, > Marc > > > 2015-01-01 21:14 GMT+01:00 Peter West <li...@pbw.id.au>: > >> Ivy docs: Settings Files: property has >> >> ifset: the variable will be set only if the provided 'ifset' variable >> is already set (Since 2.4) >> unlessset: the variable will not be set unless the provided 'unlessset' >> variable is set (Since 2.4) >> >> Doesn't that say that ifset and unlessset do the same thing? Doesn't >> unlessset say, in effect, >> unlessset: the variable WILL NOT be set if the 'unlessset' variable IS NOT >> set, >> which is the same as saying, >> unlessset: the variable WILL be set if the 'unlessset' variable IS set, >> which is the same as ifset. >> >> Shouldn't it read >> unlessset the variable will only be set if the provided 'unlessset' >> variable is not set >> ? >>
