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authorBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2016-12-14 10:35:46 -0500
committerBrad King <brad.king@kitware.com>2016-12-14 11:11:55 -0500
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Help: Clarify meaning of CMAKE_CL_64
Closes: #16504
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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
CMAKE_CL_64
-----------
-Using the 64-bit compiler from Microsoft
+Discouraged. Use :variable:`CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P` instead.
-Set to ``true`` when using the 64-bit ``cl`` compiler from Microsoft.
+Set to a true value when using a Microsoft Visual Studio ``cl`` compiler that
+*targets* a 64-bit architecture.