The final set of compile options used for a target is constructed by accumulating options from the current target and the usage requirements of it dependencies. The set of options is de-duplicated to avoid repetition. While beneficial for individual options, the de-duplication step can break up option groups. For example, ``-D A -D B`` becomes ``-D A B``. One may specify a group of options using shell-like quoting along with a ``SHELL:`` prefix. The ``SHELL:`` prefix is dropped and the rest of the option string is parsed using the :command:`separate_arguments` ``UNIX_COMMAND`` mode. For example, ``"SHELL:-D A" "SHELL:-D B"`` becomes ``-D A -D B``.