# Feature Request - looping through properties

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/feature-request-looping-through-properties/1284
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [May 28, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/feature-request-looping-through-properties/1284 "2020-05-28T16:30:30Z")
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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [May 30, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/feature-request-looping-through-properties/1284/4 "2020-05-30T22:22:33Z")

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Getting that kind of syntax/feature into CMake is a _much_ larger task. It’s unlikely to happen as it has the same parser mixing I mentioned in [this comment](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/the-name-cmake-command-is-overloaded/1238/13).

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