function(foreachTest result list_var_1 list_var_2 list_var_3) set(_options MUTE) set(_one_value_args) set(_multi_value_args) cmake_parse_arguments(PARSE_ARGV 3 _arg "${_options}" "${_one_value_args}" "${_multi_value_args}") set(_has_any_output FALSE) list(APPEND CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT "| ") foreach(num IN ZIP_LISTS ${list_var_1} ${list_var_2} ${list_var_3}) foreach(i RANGE 2) if(NOT num_${i}) set(num_${i} "[undefiend]") endif() endforeach() if(NOT _arg_MUTE) message(STATUS "${num_0}, ${num_1}, ${num_2}") endif() set(_has_any_output TRUE) endforeach() set(${result} ${_has_any_output} PARENT_SCOPE) endfunction() function(foreachTestDecorated list_var_1 list_var_2 list_var_3) list(APPEND CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT " ") message(STATUS "Begin output") foreachTest(_has_any_output ${list_var_1} ${list_var_2} ${list_var_3}) if(NOT _has_any_output) message(STATUS "--> empty-output <--") endif() message(STATUS "End output") endfunction() message(STATUS "foreach(IN ZIP_LISTS):") list(APPEND CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT " ") set(english) set(bahasa) set(russian) message(STATUS "<<< empty lists case >>>") foreachTestDecorated(english bahasa russian) list(APPEND english one two three) list(APPEND bahasa satu dua tiga) list(APPEND russian raz dva tri) message(STATUS "<<< same lengths lists case >>>") foreachTestDecorated(english bahasa russian) list(APPEND bahasa empat) message(STATUS "<<< different lengths lists case >>>") foreachTestDecorated(english bahasa russian) set(num_0 "old-0") set(num_1 "old-1") set(num_2 "old-2") foreachTest(_ english bahasa russian MUTE) set(check PASSED) foreach(i RANGE 2) if(NOT "${num_${i}}" STREQUAL "old-${i}") message(SEND_ERROR "num_${i} value is corrupted") set(check FAILED) endif() endforeach() message(STATUS "<<< test variable value restored -- ${check} >>>") list(POP_BACK CMAKE_MESSAGE_INDENT)