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+#[===[.md:
+# z_vcpkg_function_arguments
+
+**Only for internal use in vcpkg helpers. Behavior and arguments will change without notice.**
+Get a list of the arguments which were passed in.
+Unlike `ARGV`, which is simply the arguments joined with `;`,
+so that `(A B)` is not distinguishable from `("A;B")`,
+this macro gives `"A;B"` for the first argument list,
+and `"A\;B"` for the second.
+
+```cmake
+z_vcpkg_function_arguments(<out-var> [<N>])
+```
+
+`z_vcpkg_function_arguments` gets the arguments between `ARGV<N>` and the last argument.
+`<N>` defaults to `0`, so that all arguments are taken.
+
+## Example:
+```cmake
+function(foo_replacement)
+ z_vcpkg_function_arguments(ARGS)
+ foo(${ARGS})
+ ...
+endfunction()
+```
+#]===]
+
+# NOTE: this function definition is copied directly to scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake
+# do not make changes here without making the same change there.
+macro(z_vcpkg_function_arguments OUT_VAR)
+ if("${ARGC}" EQUAL 1)
+ set(z_vcpkg_function_arguments_FIRST_ARG 0)
+ elseif("${ARGC}" EQUAL 2)
+ set(z_vcpkg_function_arguments_FIRST_ARG "${ARGV1}")
+ else()
+ # vcpkg bug
+ message(FATAL_ERROR "z_vcpkg_function_arguments: invalid arguments (${ARGV})")
+ endif()
+
+ set("${OUT_VAR}")
+
+ # this allows us to get the value of the enclosing function's ARGC
+ set(z_vcpkg_function_arguments_ARGC_NAME "ARGC")
+ set(z_vcpkg_function_arguments_ARGC "${${z_vcpkg_function_arguments_ARGC_NAME}}")
+
+ math(EXPR z_vcpkg_function_arguments_LAST_ARG "${z_vcpkg_function_arguments_ARGC} - 1")
+ if(z_vcpkg_function_arguments_LAST_ARG GREATER_EQUAL z_vcpkg_function_arguments_FIRST_ARG)
+ foreach(z_vcpkg_function_arguments_N RANGE "${z_vcpkg_function_arguments_FIRST_ARG}" "${z_vcpkg_function_arguments_LAST_ARG}")
+ string(REPLACE ";" "\\;" z_vcpkg_function_arguments_ESCAPED_ARG "${ARGV${z_vcpkg_function_arguments_N}}")
+ list(APPEND "${OUT_VAR}" "${z_vcpkg_function_arguments_ESCAPED_ARG}")
+ endforeach()
+ endif()
+endmacro()