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* Filters can be viewed as a scoping concept. A currently set filter goes 'out of scope' when either a filter reset operation is invoked or a project definition is started.

* Filters are whitespace sensitive. For example, a filter of `system:not windows` is fundamentally different from `system: not windows`.
* Filters are whitespace sensitive. For example, a filter of `system:not windows` is fundamentally different from `system: not windows`. The former means `system ~= "windows"`, whereas the latter will attempt to match `system == " not windows"`.

### See Also ###

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