.P
.TH "meson-reference" "3" "2022-12-23"
.P
.SH NAME
.P
meson-reference v1.0.0 - a reference for meson functions and objects
.P
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual is divided into two sections, \fBFUNCTIONS\fR and \fBOBJECTS\fR.  \fBFUNCTIONS\fR contains a reference for all meson functions and methods.  Methods are denoted by \fIobject_name\fR.\fImethod_name\fR().  \fBOBJECTS\fR contains additional information about each object.
.P
.SH FUNCTIONS
.P
.SS add_global_arguments()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR add_global_arguments(
.br
.RS 4
Compiler argument...,
.br
language:,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Adds global arguments to the compiler command line.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBCompiler argument\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The compiler arguments to add
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBlanguage\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the language(s) that the arguments should be
applied to. If a list of languages is given, the arguments are added
to each of the corresponding compiler command lines. Note that there
is no way to remove an argument set in this way. If you have an
argument that is only used in a subset of targets, you have to specify
it in per-target flags.
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
A boolean specifying whether the arguments should be
applied to the native or cross compilation. If `true` the arguments
will only be used for native compilations. If `false` the arguments
will only be used in cross compilations. If omitted, the flags are
added to native compilations if compiling natively and cross
compilations (only) when cross compiling.
.RE

.RE
\fBNOTES\fR
.RS 4
Usually you should use \fIadd_project_arguments\fR instead, because that works even when you project is used as a subproject.
You must pass always arguments individually `arg1, arg2, ...` rather than as a string `'arg1 arg2', ...`
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS add_global_link_arguments()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR add_global_link_arguments(
.br
.RS 4
Linker argument...,
.br
language:,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Adds global arguments to the linker command line.

Like \fIadd_global_arguments\fR but the arguments are passed to the linker.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBLinker argument\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The linker arguments to add
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBlanguage\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the language(s) that the arguments should be
applied to. If a list of languages is given, the arguments are added
to each of the corresponding compiler command lines. Note that there
is no way to remove an argument set in this way. If you have an
argument that is only used in a subset of targets, you have to specify
it in per-target flags.
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
A boolean specifying whether the arguments should be
applied to the native or cross compilation. If `true` the arguments
will only be used for native compilations. If `false` the arguments
will only be used in cross compilations. If omitted, the flags are
added to native compilations if compiling natively and cross
compilations (only) when cross compiling.
.RE

.RE
\fBNOTES\fR
.RS 4
Usually you should use \fIadd_project_link_arguments\fR instead, because that works even when you project is used as a subproject.
You must pass always arguments individually `arg1, arg2, ...` rather than as a string `'arg1 arg2', ...`
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS add_languages()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR add_languages(Language..., native:, required: \fBtrue\fR)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Add programming languages used by the project.

This is equivalent to having
them in the `project` declaration. This function is usually used to
add languages that are only used under some conditions.

Returns `true` if all languages specified were found and `false` otherwise.

If `native` is omitted, the languages may be used for either build or host
machine, but are never required for the build machine.  (i.e. it is equivalent
to `add_languages(\fBlangs\fR, native: false, required: \fBrequired\fR) and
add_languages(\fBlangs\fR, native: true, required: false)`. This default behaviour
may change to `native: false` in a future Meson version.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBLanguage\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The languages to add
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.54.0
.br
.RS 2
If set to `true`, the language will be used to compile for the build
machine, if `false`, for the host machine.
.RE

\fBrequired\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true
.br
.RS 2
If set to `true`, Meson will halt if any of the languages
specified are not found. \fB(since 0.47.0)\fR The value of a
\fI`feature`\fR[1] option can also be passed.
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
project('foobar', 'c')
.br

.br
if compiling_for_osx
.br
  add_languages('objc')
.br
endif
.br
if add_languages('cpp', required : false)
.br
  executable('cpp-app', 'main.cpp')
.br
endif
.br

.br
# More code...
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS add_project_arguments()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR add_project_arguments(
.br
.RS 4
Compiler argument...,
.br
language:,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Adds project specific arguments to the compiler command line.

This function behaves in the same way as \fIadd_global_arguments\fR except
that the arguments are only used for the current project, they won't
be used in any other subproject.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBCompiler argument\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The compiler arguments to add
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBlanguage\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the language(s) that the arguments should be
applied to. If a list of languages is given, the arguments are added
to each of the corresponding compiler command lines. Note that there
is no way to remove an argument set in this way. If you have an
argument that is only used in a subset of targets, you have to specify
it in per-target flags.
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
A boolean specifying whether the arguments should be
applied to the native or cross compilation. If `true` the arguments
will only be used for native compilations. If `false` the arguments
will only be used in cross compilations. If omitted, the flags are
added to native compilations if compiling natively and cross
compilations (only) when cross compiling.
.RE

.RE
\fBNOTES\fR
.RS 4
You must pass always arguments individually `arg1, arg2, ...` rather than as a string `'arg1 arg2', ...`
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS add_project_dependencies()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR add_project_dependencies(
.br
.RS 4
dependencies...,
.br
language:,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)

since 0.63.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Adds arguments to the compiler and linker command line, so that the
given set of dependencies is included in all build products for this
project.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The dependencies to add; if internal dependencies are included, they must not include any built object.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBlanguage\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the language(s) that the arguments should be
applied to. If a list of languages is given, the arguments are added
to each of the corresponding compiler command lines. Note that there
is no way to remove an argument set in this way. If you have an
argument that is only used in a subset of targets, you have to specify
it in per-target flags.
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
A boolean specifying whether the arguments should be
applied to the native or cross compilation. If `true` the arguments
will only be used for native compilations. If `false` the arguments
will only be used in cross compilations. If omitted, the flags are
added to native compilations if compiling natively and cross
compilations (only) when cross compiling.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS add_project_link_arguments()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR add_project_link_arguments(
.br
.RS 4
Linker argument...,
.br
language:,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Adds global arguments to the linker command line.

Like \fIadd_global_arguments\fR but the arguments are passed to the linker.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBLinker argument\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The linker arguments to add
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBlanguage\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the language(s) that the arguments should be
applied to. If a list of languages is given, the arguments are added
to each of the corresponding compiler command lines. Note that there
is no way to remove an argument set in this way. If you have an
argument that is only used in a subset of targets, you have to specify
it in per-target flags.
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
A boolean specifying whether the arguments should be
applied to the native or cross compilation. If `true` the arguments
will only be used for native compilations. If `false` the arguments
will only be used in cross compilations. If omitted, the flags are
added to native compilations if compiling natively and cross
compilations (only) when cross compiling.
.RE

.RE
\fBNOTES\fR
.RS 4
You must pass always arguments individually `arg1, arg2, ...` rather than as a string `'arg1 arg2', ...`
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS add_test_setup()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR add_test_setup(
.br
.RS 4
name,
.br
env:,
.br
exclude_suites:,
.br
exe_wrapper:,
.br
gdb: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
is_default: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
timeout_multiplier: \fB1\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Add a custom test setup. This setup can be used to run the tests with a
custom setup, for example under Valgrind.

To use the test setup, run `meson test --setup=\fBname\fR` inside the
build dir.

Note that all these options are also available while running the
`meson test` script for running tests instead of `ninja test` or
`msbuild RUN_TESTS.vcxproj`, etc depending on the backend.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the test setup
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBenv\fR
\fIenv | list[str] | dict[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
environment variables to set
, such as `['NAME1=value1', 'NAME2=value2']`,
or an \fIenv\fR object which allows more sophisticated
environment juggling. \fB(Since 0.52.0)\fR A dictionary is also accepted.
.RE

\fBexclude_suites\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.57.0
.br
.RS 2
A list of test suites that should be excluded when using this setup. Suites specified in the `--suite` option to `meson test` will always run, overriding `add_test_setup` if necessary.
.RE

\fBexe_wrapper\fR
\fIlist[str | external_program]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The command or script followed by the arguments to it
.RE

\fBgdb\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
If `true`, the tests are also run under `gdb`
.RE

\fBis_default\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.49.0
.br
.RS 2
Set whether this is the default test setup.
If `true`, the setup will be used whenever `meson test` is run
without the `--setup` option.
.RE

\fBtimeout_multiplier\fR
\fIint\fR, default: 1
.br
.RS 2
A number to multiply the test timeout with.
\fBSince 0.57\fR if timeout_multiplier is `<= 0` the test has infinite duration,
in previous versions of Meson the test would fail with a timeout immediately.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS alias_target()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIalias_tgt\fR alias_target(target_name, Dep...)

since 0.52.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
This function creates a new top-level target. Like all top-level
targets, this integrates with the selected backend. For instance, with
you can run it as `meson compile target_name`. This is a dummy target
that does not execute any command, but ensures that all dependencies
are built. Dependencies can be any build target (e.g. return value of
\fIexecutable\fR, \fIcustom_target\fR, etc)
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtarget_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the alias target
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBDep\fR
\fItgt\fR, 1...N times
.br
.RS 2
The targets to depend on
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS assert()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR assert(condition, [message])
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Abort with an error message if `condition` evaluates to `false`.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBcondition\fR
\fIbool\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Abort if this evaluates to `false`
.RE

.RE
\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBmessage\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The error message to print.
.RE

.RE
\fBNOTES\fR
.RS 4
The `message` argument is optional since 0.53.0 and defaults to print the condition statement.
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS benchmark()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR benchmark(
.br
.RS 4
name,
.br
executable,
.br
args:,
.br
depends:,
.br
env:,
.br
priority: \fB0\fR,
.br
protocol: \fB'exitcode'\fR,
.br
should_fail: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
suite:,
.br
timeout: \fB30\fR,
.br
verbose: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
workdir:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Creates a benchmark item that will be run when the benchmark target is
run. The behavior of this function is identical to \fItest\fR
except for:

* benchmark() has no `is_parallel` keyword because benchmarks are not run in parallel 
.br
* benchmark() does not automatically add the `MALLOC_PERTURB_` environment variable 

Defined tests can be run in a backend-agnostic way by calling
`meson test` inside the build dir, or by using backend-specific
commands, such as `ninja test` or `msbuild RUN_TESTS.vcxproj`.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fBunique\fR test id
.RE

\fBexecutable\fR
\fIexe | jar | external_program | file\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The program to execute
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str | file | tgt]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Arguments to pass to the executable
.RE

\fBdepends\fR
\fIlist[build_tgt | custom_tgt]\fR, since 0.46.0
.br
.RS 2
specifies that this test depends on the specified
target(s), even though it does not take any of them as a command
line argument. This is meant for cases where test finds those
targets internally, e.g. plugins or globbing. Those targets are built
before test is executed even if they have `build_by_default : false`.
.RE

\fBenv\fR
\fIenv | list[str] | dict[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
environment variables to set, such as `['NAME1=value1',
\'NAME2=value2']`, or an \fIenv\fR object which allows more sophisticated
environment juggling. \fB(Since 0.52.0)\fR A dictionary is also accepted.
.RE

\fBpriority\fR
\fIint\fR, default: 0, since 0.52.0
.br
.RS 2
specifies the priority of a test. Tests with a
higher priority are \fBstarted\fR before tests with a lower priority.
The starting order of tests with identical priorities is
implementation-defined. The default priority is 0, negative numbers are
permitted.
.RE

\fBprotocol\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'exitcode', since 0.50.0
.br
.RS 2
specifies how the test results are parsed and can
be one of `exitcode`, `tap`, or `gtest`. For more information about test
harness protocol read \fIUnit Tests\fR[2]. The following values are
accepted:

- `exitcode`: the executable's exit code is used by the test harness to record the outcome of the test). 
.br
- `tap`: \fITest Anything Protocol\fR[3]. 
.br
- `gtest` \fB(since 0.55.0)\fR: for Google Tests. 
.br
- `rust` \fB(since 0.56.0)\fR: for native rust tests 
.RE

\fBshould_fail\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
when true the test is considered passed if the
executable returns a non-zero return value (i.e. reports an error)
.RE

\fBsuite\fR
\fIstr | list[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
`'label'` (or list of labels `['label1', 'label2']`)
attached to this test. The suite name is qualified by a (sub)project
name resulting in `(sub)project_name:label`. In the case of a list
of strings, the suite names will be `(sub)project_name:label1`,
`(sub)project_name:label2`, etc.
.RE

\fBtimeout\fR
\fIint\fR, default: 30
.br
.RS 2
the amount of seconds the test is allowed to run, a test
that exceeds its time limit is always considered failed, defaults to
30 seconds. \fBSince 0.57\fR if timeout is `<= 0` the test has infinite duration,
in previous versions of Meson the test would fail with a timeout immediately.
.RE

\fBverbose\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.62.0
.br
.RS 2
if true, forces the test results to be logged as if `--verbose` was passed
to `meson test`.
.RE

\fBworkdir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
absolute path that will be used as the working directory
for the test
.RE

.RE
\fBNOTES\fR
.RS 4
Prior to 0.52.0 benchmark would warn that `depends` and `priority` were unsupported, this is incorrect.
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS both_libraries()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIboth_libs\fR both_libraries(
.br
.RS 4
target_name,
.br
source...,
.br
<lang>_args:,
.br
<lang>_pch:,
.br
build_by_default: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
build_rpath:,
.br
d_debug:,
.br
d_import_dirs:,
.br
d_module_versions:,
.br
d_unittest: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
darwin_versions:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
extra_files:,
.br
gnu_symbol_visibility:,
.br
gui_app: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
implicit_include_directories: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
install: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
install_dir:,
.br
install_mode:,
.br
install_rpath:,
.br
install_tag:,
.br
link_args:,
.br
link_depends:,
.br
link_language:,
.br
link_whole:,
.br
link_with:,
.br
name_prefix:,
.br
name_suffix:,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
objects:,
.br
override_options:,
.br
pic:,
.br
prelink:,
.br
rust_crate_type:,
.br
sources:,
.br
soversion:,
.br
version:,
.br
vs_module_defs:,
.br
win_subsystem: \fB'console'\fR,
.br
.RE
)

since 0.46.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Builds both a static and shared library with the given sources.
Positional and keyword arguments are otherwise the same as for
\fIlibrary\fR. Source files will be compiled only once and
object files will be reused to build both shared and static libraries,
unless `b_staticpic` user option or `pic` argument are set to false in
which case sources will be compiled twice.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtarget_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fBunique\fR name of the build target
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBsource\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Input source to compile. The following types are supported:

- Strings relative to the current source directory 
.br
- \fIfile\fR objects defined in any preceding build file 
.br
- The return value of configure-time generators such as \fIconfigure_file\fR 
.br
- The return value of build-time generators such as \fIcustom_target\fR or \fIgenerator.process\fR 

These input files can be sources, objects, libraries, or any other
file. Meson will automatically categorize them based on the extension
and use them accordingly. For instance, sources (`.c`, `.cpp`,
`.vala`, `.rs`, etc) will be compiled and objects (`.o`, `.obj`) and
libraries (`.so`, `.dll`, etc) will be linked.

With the Ninja backend, Meson will create a build-time \fIorder-only
dependency\fR[4] on
all generated input files, including unknown files. This is needed to
bootstrap the generation of the real dependencies in the
\fIdepfile\fR[5] generated
by your compiler to determine when to rebuild sources. Ninja relies on
this dependency file for all input files, generated and non-generated.
The behavior is similar for other backends.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fB<lang>_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
compiler flags to use for the given language;
eg: `cpp_args` for C++
.RE

\fB<lang>_pch\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
precompiled header file to use for the given language
.RE

\fBbuild_by_default\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Causes, when set to `true`, to have this target be built by default.
This means it will be built when `meson compile` is called without any
arguments. The default value is `true` for all built target types.
.RE

\fBbuild_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
A string to add to target's rpath definition in the build dir,
but which will be removed on install
.RE

\fBd_debug\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fID version identifiers\fR[6] to add
during the compilation of D source files.
.RE

\fBd_import_dirs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of directories to look in for string imports used in the D programming language.
.RE

\fBd_module_versions\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of module version identifiers set when compiling D sources.
.RE

\fBd_unittest\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, the D modules are compiled in debug mode.
.RE

\fBdarwin_versions\fR
\fIstr | int | list[str]\fR, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
Defines the `compatibility version` and `current version` for the dylib on macOS.
If a list is specified, it must be
either zero, one, or two elements. If only one element is specified
or if it's not a list, the specified value will be used for setting
both compatibility version and current version. If unspecified, the
`soversion` will be used as per the aforementioned rules.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIlist[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more dependency objects
created with
\fIdependency\fR or \fIcompiler.find_library\fR
(for external deps) or \fIdeclare_dependency\fR
(for deps built by the project)
.RE

\fBextra_files\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Not used for the build itself but are shown as source files in IDEs
that group files by targets (such as Visual Studio)
.RE

\fBgnu_symbol_visibility\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies how symbols should be exported, see
e.g \fIthe GCC Wiki\fR[7] for more
information. This value can either be an empty string or one of
`default`, `internal`, `hidden`, `protected` or `inlineshidden`, which
is the same as `hidden` but also includes things like C++ implicit
constructors as specified in the GCC manual. Ignored on compilers that
do not support GNU visibility arguments.
.RE

\fBgui_app\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, \fBdeprecated\fR since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
When set to true flags this target as a GUI application
on platforms where this makes a differerence, \fB\fRdeprecated\fB\fR since
0.56.0, use `win_subsystem` instead.
.RE

\fBimplicit_include_directories\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether Meson adds the current source and build directories to the include path
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIlist[inc | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more objects created with the \fIinclude_directories\fR function,
or \fB(since 0.50.0)\fR strings, which will be transparently expanded to include directory objects
.RE

\fBinstall\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, this executable should be installed.
.RE

\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
override install directory for this file. If the value is a relative path,
it will be considered relative the `prefix` option.
For example, if you want to install plugins into a subdir, you'd use
something like this: `install_dir : get_option('libdir') / 'projectname-1.0'`.
.RE

\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
Specify the file mode in symbolic format
and optionally the owner/uid and group/gid for the installed files.

See the `install_mode` kwarg of \fIinstall_data\fR for more information.
.RE

\fBinstall_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string to set the target's rpath to after install
(but \fBnot\fR before that). On Windows, this argument has no effect.
.RE

\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
A string used by the `meson install --tags` command
to install only a subset of the files. By default all build targets have the
tag `runtime` except for static libraries that have the `devel` tag.
.RE

\fBlink_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Flags to use during linking. You can use UNIX-style
flags here for all platforms.
.RE

\fBlink_depends\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Strings, files, or custom targets the link step depends on
such as a symbol visibility map. The purpose is to
automatically trigger a re-link (but not a re-compile) of the target
when this file changes.
.RE

\fBlink_language\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
Makes the linker for this target be for the specified language.
It is generally unnecessary to set
this, as Meson will detect the right linker to use in most cases. There are
only two cases where this is needed. One, your main function in an
executable is not in the language Meson picked, or second you want to force
a library to use only one ABI.

\fB(broken until 0.55.0)\fR
.RE

\fBlink_whole\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
Links all contents of the given static libraries
whether they are used by not, equivalent to the `-Wl,--whole-archive` argument flag of GCC.

\fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a list that list will be flattened.

\fB(since 0.51.0)\fR This argument also accepts outputs produced by
custom targets. The user must ensure that the output is a library in
the correct format.
.RE

\fBlink_with\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR
.br
.RS 2
One or more shared or static libraries
(built by this project) that this target should be linked with. \fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a
list this list will be flattened. \fB(since 0.51.0)\fR The arguments can also be custom targets.
In this case Meson will assume that merely adding the output file in the linker command
line is sufficient to make linking work. If this is not sufficient,
then the build system writer must write all other steps manually.
.RE

\fBname_prefix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the prefix for the
target output filename by overriding the default (only used for
libraries). By default this is `lib` on all platforms and compilers,
except for MSVC shared libraries where it is omitted to follow
convention, and Cygwin shared libraries where it is `cyg`.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBname_suffix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the extension for the
target by overriding the default. By default on Windows this is
`exe` for executables and on other platforms it is omitted.

For shared libraries, the default value
is `dylib` on macOS, `dll` on Windows, and `so` everywhere else.
For static libraries, it is `a` everywhere. By convention MSVC
static libraries use the `lib` suffix, but we use `a` to avoid a
potential name clash with shared libraries which also generate
import libraries with a `lib` suffix.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether the target is compiled for the build or host machines.
.RE

\fBobjects\fR
\fIlist[extracted_obj | file | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of object files that should be linked in this target.
These can include third party products you don't have source to,
or object files produced by other build targets.
.RE

\fBoverride_options\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
takes an array of strings in the same format as `project`'s `default_options`
overriding the values of these options
for this target only.
.RE

\fBpic\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.36.0
.br
.RS 2
Builds the library as positional independent code
(so it can be linked into a shared library). This
option has no effect on Windows and OS X since it doesn't make
sense on Windows and PIC cannot be disabled on OS X.
.RE

\fBprelink\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.57.0
.br
.RS 2
If `true` the object files in the target will be prelinked,
meaning that it will contain only one prelinked
object file rather than the individual object files.
.RE

\fBrust_crate_type\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Set the specific type of rust crate to compile (when compiling rust).

If the target is an \fIexecutable\fR this defaults to "bin", the only
allowed value.

If it is a \fIstatic_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"staticlib", or "rlib". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a default, "staticlib"
means a C ABI library, "rlib" means a Rust ABI.

If it is a \fIshared_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"dylib", "cdylib", or "proc-macro". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a
default, "cdylib" means a C ABI library, "dylib" means a Rust ABI, and
"proc-macro" is a special rust proceedural macro crate.

"proc-macro" is new in 0.62.0.
.RE

\fBsources\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list | structured_src\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additional source files. Same as the source varargs.
.RE

\fBsoversion\fR
\fIstr | int\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string or integer specifying the soversion of this shared library,
such as `0`. On Linux and Windows this is used to set the
soversion (or equivalent) in the filename. For example, if
`soversion` is `4`, a Windows DLL will be called `foo-4.dll` and one
of the aliases of the Linux shared library would be
`libfoo.so.4`. If this is not specified, the first part of `version`
is used instead (see below). For example, if `version` is `3.6.0` and
`soversion` is not defined, it is set to `3`.
.RE

\fBversion\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string specifying the version of this shared library,
such as `1.1.0`. On Linux and OS X, this is used to set the shared
library version in the filename, such as `libfoo.so.1.1.0` and
`libfoo.1.1.0.dylib`. If this is not specified, `soversion` is used
instead (see above).
.RE

\fBvs_module_defs\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Specify a Microsoft module definition file for controlling symbol exports,
etc., on platforms where that is possible (e.g. Windows).
.RE

\fBwin_subsystem\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'console', since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the subsystem type to use
on the Windows platform. Typical values include `console` for text
mode programs and `windows` for gui apps. The value can also contain
version specification such as `windows,6.0`. See \fIMSDN
documentation\fR[8]
for the full list.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS build_target()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbuild_tgt\fR build_target(
.br
.RS 4
target_name,
.br
source...,
.br
<lang>_args:,
.br
<lang>_pch:,
.br
build_by_default: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
build_rpath:,
.br
d_debug:,
.br
d_import_dirs:,
.br
d_module_versions:,
.br
d_unittest: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
darwin_versions:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
export_dynamic:,
.br
extra_files:,
.br
gnu_symbol_visibility:,
.br
gui_app: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
implib:,
.br
implicit_include_directories: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
install: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
install_dir:,
.br
install_mode:,
.br
install_rpath:,
.br
install_tag:,
.br
java_resources:,
.br
link_args:,
.br
link_depends:,
.br
link_language:,
.br
link_whole:,
.br
link_with:,
.br
main_class:,
.br
name_prefix:,
.br
name_suffix:,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
objects:,
.br
override_options:,
.br
pic:,
.br
pie:,
.br
prelink:,
.br
rust_crate_type:,
.br
sources:,
.br
soversion:,
.br
target_type:,
.br
version:,
.br
vs_module_defs:,
.br
win_subsystem: \fB'console'\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Creates a build target whose type can be set dynamically with the
`target_type` keyword argument.

`target_type` may be set to one of:

- `executable` (see \fIexecutable\fR) 
.br
- `shared_library` (see \fIshared_library\fR) 
.br
- `shared_module` (see \fIshared_module\fR) 
.br
- `static_library` (see \fIstatic_library\fR) 
.br
- `both_libraries` (see \fIboth_libraries\fR) 
.br
- `library` (see \fIlibrary\fR) 
.br
- `jar` (see \fIjar\fR) 

This declaration:
.RS 4
executable(<arguments and keyword arguments>)
.br
.RE
is equivalent to this:
.RS 4
build_target(<arguments and keyword arguments>, target_type : 'executable')
.br
.RE
The lists for the kwargs (such as `sources`, `objects`, and `dependencies`) are
always flattened, which means you can freely nest and add lists while
creating the final list.

The returned object also has methods that are documented in \fIbuild_tgt\fR.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtarget_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fBunique\fR name of the build target
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBsource\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Input source to compile. The following types are supported:

- Strings relative to the current source directory 
.br
- \fIfile\fR objects defined in any preceding build file 
.br
- The return value of configure-time generators such as \fIconfigure_file\fR 
.br
- The return value of build-time generators such as \fIcustom_target\fR or \fIgenerator.process\fR 

These input files can be sources, objects, libraries, or any other
file. Meson will automatically categorize them based on the extension
and use them accordingly. For instance, sources (`.c`, `.cpp`,
`.vala`, `.rs`, etc) will be compiled and objects (`.o`, `.obj`) and
libraries (`.so`, `.dll`, etc) will be linked.

With the Ninja backend, Meson will create a build-time \fIorder-only
dependency\fR[3] on
all generated input files, including unknown files. This is needed to
bootstrap the generation of the real dependencies in the
\fIdepfile\fR[4] generated
by your compiler to determine when to rebuild sources. Ninja relies on
this dependency file for all input files, generated and non-generated.
The behavior is similar for other backends.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fB<lang>_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
compiler flags to use for the given language;
eg: `cpp_args` for C++
.RE

\fB<lang>_pch\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
precompiled header file to use for the given language
.RE

\fBbuild_by_default\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Causes, when set to `true`, to have this target be built by default.
This means it will be built when `meson compile` is called without any
arguments. The default value is `true` for all built target types.
.RE

\fBbuild_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
A string to add to target's rpath definition in the build dir,
but which will be removed on install
.RE

\fBd_debug\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fID version identifiers\fR[5] to add
during the compilation of D source files.
.RE

\fBd_import_dirs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of directories to look in for string imports used in the D programming language.
.RE

\fBd_module_versions\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of module version identifiers set when compiling D sources.
.RE

\fBd_unittest\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, the D modules are compiled in debug mode.
.RE

\fBdarwin_versions\fR
\fIstr | int | list[str]\fR, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
Defines the `compatibility version` and `current version` for the dylib on macOS.
If a list is specified, it must be
either zero, one, or two elements. If only one element is specified
or if it's not a list, the specified value will be used for setting
both compatibility version and current version. If unspecified, the
`soversion` will be used as per the aforementioned rules.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIlist[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more dependency objects
created with
\fIdependency\fR or \fIcompiler.find_library\fR
(for external deps) or \fIdeclare_dependency\fR
(for deps built by the project)
.RE

\fBexport_dynamic\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.45.0
.br
.RS 2
when set to true causes the target's symbols to be
 dynamically exported, allowing modules built using the
 \fIshared_module\fR function to refer to functions,
 variables and other symbols defined in the executable itself. Implies
 the `implib` argument.
.RE

\fBextra_files\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Not used for the build itself but are shown as source files in IDEs
that group files by targets (such as Visual Studio)
.RE

\fBgnu_symbol_visibility\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies how symbols should be exported, see
e.g \fIthe GCC Wiki\fR[6] for more
information. This value can either be an empty string or one of
`default`, `internal`, `hidden`, `protected` or `inlineshidden`, which
is the same as `hidden` but also includes things like C++ implicit
constructors as specified in the GCC manual. Ignored on compilers that
do not support GNU visibility arguments.
.RE

\fBgui_app\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, \fBdeprecated\fR since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
When set to true flags this target as a GUI application
on platforms where this makes a differerence, \fB\fRdeprecated\fB\fR since
0.56.0, use `win_subsystem` instead.
.RE

\fBimplib\fR
\fIbool | str\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, an import library is generated for the
executable (the name of the import library is based on \fBexe_name\fR).
Alternatively, when set to a string, that gives the base name for
the import library.  The import library is used when the returned
build target object appears in `link_with:` elsewhere.  Only has any
effect on platforms where that is meaningful (e.g. Windows). Implies
the `export_dynamic` argument.
.RE

\fBimplicit_include_directories\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether Meson adds the current source and build directories to the include path
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIlist[inc | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more objects created with the \fIinclude_directories\fR function,
or \fB(since 0.50.0)\fR strings, which will be transparently expanded to include directory objects
.RE

\fBinstall\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, this executable should be installed.
.RE

\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
override install directory for this file. If the value is a relative path,
it will be considered relative the `prefix` option.
For example, if you want to install plugins into a subdir, you'd use
something like this: `install_dir : get_option('libdir') / 'projectname-1.0'`.
.RE

\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
Specify the file mode in symbolic format
and optionally the owner/uid and group/gid for the installed files.

See the `install_mode` kwarg of \fIinstall_data\fR for more information.
.RE

\fBinstall_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string to set the target's rpath to after install
(but \fBnot\fR before that). On Windows, this argument has no effect.
.RE

\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
A string used by the `meson install --tags` command
to install only a subset of the files. By default all build targets have the
tag `runtime` except for static libraries that have the `devel` tag.
.RE

\fBjava_resources\fR
\fIstructured_src\fR, since 0.62.0
.br
.RS 2
Resources to be added to the jar
.RE

\fBlink_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Flags to use during linking. You can use UNIX-style
flags here for all platforms.
.RE

\fBlink_depends\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Strings, files, or custom targets the link step depends on
such as a symbol visibility map. The purpose is to
automatically trigger a re-link (but not a re-compile) of the target
when this file changes.
.RE

\fBlink_language\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
Makes the linker for this target be for the specified language.
It is generally unnecessary to set
this, as Meson will detect the right linker to use in most cases. There are
only two cases where this is needed. One, your main function in an
executable is not in the language Meson picked, or second you want to force
a library to use only one ABI.

\fB(broken until 0.55.0)\fR
.RE

\fBlink_whole\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
Links all contents of the given static libraries
whether they are used by not, equivalent to the `-Wl,--whole-archive` argument flag of GCC.

\fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a list that list will be flattened.

\fB(since 0.51.0)\fR This argument also accepts outputs produced by
custom targets. The user must ensure that the output is a library in
the correct format.
.RE

\fBlink_with\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR
.br
.RS 2
One or more shared or static libraries
(built by this project) that this target should be linked with. \fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a
list this list will be flattened. \fB(since 0.51.0)\fR The arguments can also be custom targets.
In this case Meson will assume that merely adding the output file in the linker command
line is sufficient to make linking work. If this is not sufficient,
then the build system writer must write all other steps manually.
.RE

\fBmain_class\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
Main class for running the built jar
.RE

\fBname_prefix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the prefix for the
target output filename by overriding the default (only used for
libraries). By default this is `lib` on all platforms and compilers,
except for MSVC shared libraries where it is omitted to follow
convention, and Cygwin shared libraries where it is `cyg`.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBname_suffix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the extension for the
target by overriding the default. By default on Windows this is
`exe` for executables and on other platforms it is omitted.

For shared libraries, the default value
is `dylib` on macOS, `dll` on Windows, and `so` everywhere else.
For static libraries, it is `a` everywhere. By convention MSVC
static libraries use the `lib` suffix, but we use `a` to avoid a
potential name clash with shared libraries which also generate
import libraries with a `lib` suffix.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether the target is compiled for the build or host machines.
.RE

\fBobjects\fR
\fIlist[extracted_obj | file | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of object files that should be linked in this target.
These can include third party products you don't have source to,
or object files produced by other build targets.
.RE

\fBoverride_options\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
takes an array of strings in the same format as `project`'s `default_options`
overriding the values of these options
for this target only.
.RE

\fBpic\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.36.0
.br
.RS 2
Builds the library as positional independent code
(so it can be linked into a shared library). This
option has no effect on Windows and OS X since it doesn't make
sense on Windows and PIC cannot be disabled on OS X.
.RE

\fBpie\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.49.0
.br
.RS 2
Build a position-independent executable.
.RE

\fBprelink\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.57.0
.br
.RS 2
If `true` the object files in the target will be prelinked,
meaning that it will contain only one prelinked
object file rather than the individual object files.
.RE

\fBrust_crate_type\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Set the specific type of rust crate to compile (when compiling rust).

If the target is an \fIexecutable\fR this defaults to "bin", the only
allowed value.

If it is a \fIstatic_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"staticlib", or "rlib". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a default, "staticlib"
means a C ABI library, "rlib" means a Rust ABI.

If it is a \fIshared_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"dylib", "cdylib", or "proc-macro". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a
default, "cdylib" means a C ABI library, "dylib" means a Rust ABI, and
"proc-macro" is a special rust proceedural macro crate.

"proc-macro" is new in 0.62.0.
.RE

\fBsources\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list | structured_src\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additional source files. Same as the source varargs.
.RE

\fBsoversion\fR
\fIstr | int\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string or integer specifying the soversion of this shared library,
such as `0`. On Linux and Windows this is used to set the
soversion (or equivalent) in the filename. For example, if
`soversion` is `4`, a Windows DLL will be called `foo-4.dll` and one
of the aliases of the Linux shared library would be
`libfoo.so.4`. If this is not specified, the first part of `version`
is used instead (see below). For example, if `version` is `3.6.0` and
`soversion` is not defined, it is set to `3`.
.RE

\fBtarget_type\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The actual target to build
.RE

\fBversion\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string specifying the version of this shared library,
such as `1.1.0`. On Linux and OS X, this is used to set the shared
library version in the filename, such as `libfoo.so.1.1.0` and
`libfoo.1.1.0.dylib`. If this is not specified, `soversion` is used
instead (see above).
.RE

\fBvs_module_defs\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Specify a Microsoft module definition file for controlling symbol exports,
etc., on platforms where that is possible (e.g. Windows).
.RE

\fBwin_subsystem\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'console', since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the subsystem type to use
on the Windows platform. Typical values include `console` for text
mode programs and `windows` for gui apps. The value can also contain
version specification such as `windows,6.0`. See \fIMSDN
documentation\fR[7]
for the full list.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS configuration_data()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIcfg_data\fR configuration_data([data])
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Creates an empty configuration object. You should add your
configuration with the \fIcfg_data\fR method calls and
finally use it in a call to \fIconfigure_file\fR.
.RE

\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdata\fR
\fIdict[str | bool | int]\fR, since 0.49.0
.br
.RS 2
Optional dictionary to specify an initial data set. If
provided, each key/value pair is added into the \fIcfg_data\fR object
as if the \fIcfg_data.set\fR method was called for each of them.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS configure_file()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIfile\fR configure_file(
.br
.RS 4
capture: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
command:,
.br
configuration:,
.br
copy: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
depfile:,
.br
encoding: \fB'utf-8'\fR,
.br
format: \fB'meson'\fR,
.br
input:,
.br
install: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
install_dir:,
.br
install_mode:,
.br
install_tag:,
.br
output:,
.br
output_format:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
This function can run in three modes depending on the keyword arguments
passed to it.

When a \fIcfg_data\fR object is passed
to the `configuration:` keyword argument, it takes a template file as
the `input:` (optional) and produces the `output:` (required) by
substituting values from the configuration data as detailed in \fIthe
configuration file documentation\fR[9]. \fB(since 0.49.0)\fR
A dictionary can be passed instead of a
\fIcfg_data\fR object.

When a list of strings is passed to the `command:` keyword argument,
it takes any source or configured file as the `input:` and assumes
that the `output:` is produced when the specified command is run.

\fB(since 0.47.0)\fR When the `copy:` keyword argument is set to `true`,
this function will copy the file provided in `input:` to a file in the
build directory with the name `output:` in the current directory.
.RE

\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBcapture\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.41.0
.br
.RS 2
When this argument is set to true,
Meson captures `stdout` of the `command` and writes it to the target
file specified as `output`.
.RE

\fBcommand\fR
\fIlist[str | file]\fR
.br
.RS 2
As explained above, if specified, Meson does not create
the file itself but rather runs the specified command, which allows
you to do fully custom file generation. \fB(since 0.52.0)\fR The command can contain
file objects and more than one file can be passed to the `input` keyword
argument, see \fIcustom_target\fR for details about string
substitutions.
.RE

\fBconfiguration\fR
\fIcfg_data | dict[str | int | bool]\fR
.br
.RS 2
As explained above, when passed this will provide the replacement
data for the input file (if provided) or key value pairs to be
written to the output.
.RE

\fBcopy\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
As explained above, if specified Meson only
copies the file from input to output.
.RE

\fBdepfile\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.52.0
.br
.RS 2
A dependency file that the command can write listing
all the additional files this target depends on. A change
in any one of these files triggers a reconfiguration.
.RE

\fBencoding\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'utf-8', since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
Set the file encoding for the input and output file.
The supported encodings are those of python3, see
\fIstandard-encodings\fR[10].
.RE

\fBformat\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'meson', since 0.46.0
.br
.RS 2
The format of defines. It defaults to `'meson'`, and so substitutes
`#mesondefine` statements and variables surrounded by `@` characters, you can also use `'cmake'`
to replace `#cmakedefine` statements and variables with the `${variable}` syntax. Finally you can use
`'cmake@'` in which case substitutions will apply on `#cmakedefine` statements and variables with
the `@variable@` syntax.
.RE

\fBinput\fR
\fIstr | file\fR
.br
.RS 2
The input file name. If it's not specified in configuration
mode, all the variables in the `configuration:` object (see above)
are written to the `output:` file.
.RE

\fBinstall\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.50.0
.br
.RS 2
When true, this generated file is installed during
the install step, and `install_dir` must be set and not empty. When false, this
generated file is not installed regardless of the value of `install_dir`.
When omitted it defaults to true when `install_dir` is set and not empty,
false otherwise.
.RE

\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The subdirectory to install the generated file to
(e.g. `share/myproject`), if omitted or given the value of empty
string, the file is not installed.
.RE

\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
Specify the file mode in symbolic format
and optionally the owner/uid and group/gid for the installed files.

See the `install_mode` kwarg of \fIinstall_data\fR for more information.
.RE

\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
A string used by the `meson install --tags` command
to install only a subset of the files. By default the file has no install
tag which means it is not being installed when `--tags` argument is specified.
.RE

\fBoutput\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The output file name. \fB(since 0.41.0)\fR may contain
`@PLAINNAME@` or `@BASENAME@` substitutions. In configuration mode,
the permissions of the input file (if it is specified) are copied to
the output file.
.RE

\fBoutput_format\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
The format of the output to generate when no input
was specified. It defaults to `c`, in which case preprocessor directives
will be prefixed with `#`, you can also use `nasm`, in which case the
prefix will be `%`.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS custom_target()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIcustom_tgt\fR custom_target(
.br
.RS 4
[name],
.br
build_always:,
.br
build_always_stale: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
build_by_default:,
.br
capture: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
command:,
.br
console:,
.br
depend_files:,
.br
depends:,
.br
depfile:,
.br
env:,
.br
feed: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
input:,
.br
install:,
.br
install_dir:,
.br
install_mode:,
.br
install_tag:,
.br
output:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Create a custom top level build target. The only positional argument
is the name of this target and cannot contain path separators (`/` or `\`).
The name of custom target might not be used by every backends, for instance with
the Ninja backend, `subdir/meson.build` containing the example below,
`ninja -C builddir foo` or `ninja -C builddir subdir/foo` won't work,
it is instead `ninja -C builddir subdir/file.txt`. However, `meson compile subdir/foo`
is accepted.
.RS 4
custom_target('foo', output: 'file.txt', ...)
.br
.RE
\fBSince 0.60.0\fR the name argument is optional and defaults to the basename of the first
output (`file.txt` in the example above).

The list of strings passed to the `command` keyword argument accept
the following special string substitutions:

- `@INPUT@`: the full path to the input passed to `input`. If more than one input is specified, all of them will be substituted as separate arguments only if the command uses `'@INPUT@'` as a standalone-argument. For instance, this would not work: `command : ['cp', './@INPUT@']`, but this would: `command : ['cp', '@INPUT@']`. 
.br
- `@OUTPUT@`: the full path to the output passed to `output`. If more than one outputs are specified, the behavior is the same as `@INPUT@`. 
.br
- `@INPUT0@` `@INPUT1@` `...`: the full path to the input with the specified array index in `input` 
.br
- `@OUTPUT0@` `@OUTPUT1@` `...`: the full path to the output with the specified array index in `output` 
.br
- `@OUTDIR@`: the full path to the directory where the output(s) must be written 
.br
- `@DEPFILE@`: the full path to the dependency file passed to `depfile` 
.br
- `@PLAINNAME@`: the input filename, without a path 
.br
- `@BASENAME@`: the input filename, with extension removed 
.br
- `@PRIVATE_DIR@` \fB(since 0.50.1)\fR: path to a directory where the custom target must store all its intermediate files. 
.br
- `@SOURCE_ROOT@`: the path to the root of the source tree. Depending on the backend, this may be an absolute or a relative to current workdir path. 
.br
- `@BUILD_ROOT@`: the path to the root of the build tree. Depending on the backend, this may be an absolute or a relative to current workdir path. 
.br
- `@CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@`: this is the directory where the currently processed meson.build is located in.  Depending on the backend, this may be an absolute or a relative to current workdir path. 

\fB(since 0.47.0)\fR The `depfile` keyword argument also accepts the
`@BASENAME@` and `@PLAINNAME@` substitutions.

The returned object also has methods that are documented in \fIcustom_tgt\fR.
.RE

\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBname\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fBunique\fR id of the custom target

This posarg is optional \fBsince 0.60.0\fR. It defaults to the basename
of the first output.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBbuild_always\fR
\fIbool\fR, \fBdeprecated\fR since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
If `true` this target is always considered out of
date and is rebuilt every time.  Equivalent to setting both
`build_always_stale` and `build_by_default` to true.
.RE

\fBbuild_always_stale\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
If `true` the target is always considered out of date.
Useful for things such as build timestamps or revision control tags.
The associated command is run even if the outputs are up to date.
.RE

\fBbuild_by_default\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Causes, when set to true, to
have this target be built by default. This means it will be built when
`meson compile` is called without any arguments. The default value is `false`.

\fB(since 0.50.0)\fR If `build_by_default` is explicitly set to false, `install`
will no longer override it. If `build_by_default` is not set, `install` will
still determine its default.
.RE

\fBcapture\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
There are some compilers that can't be told to write
their output to a file but instead write it to standard output. When
this argument is set to true, Meson captures `stdout` and writes it
to the target file. Note that your command argument list may not
contain `@OUTPUT@` when capture mode is active.
.RE

\fBcommand\fR
\fIlist[str | file | exe | external_program]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Command to run to create outputs from inputs. The command
may be strings or the return value of functions that return file-like
objects such as \fIfind_program\fR,
\fIexecutable\fR, \fIconfigure_file\fR,
\fIfiles\fR, \fIcustom_target\fR, etc.
Meson will automatically insert the appropriate dependencies on
targets and files listed in this keyword argument.
Note: always specify commands in array form `['commandname',
\'-arg1', '-arg2']` rather than as a string `'commandname -arg1
-arg2'` as the latter will \fBnot\fR work.
.RE

\fBconsole\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
Keyword argument conflicts with `capture`, and is meant
for commands that are resource-intensive and take a long time to
finish. With the Ninja backend, setting this will add this target
to \fINinja's `console` pool\fR[11],
which has special properties such as not buffering stdout and
serializing all targets in this pool.
.RE

\fBdepend_files\fR
\fIlist[str | file]\fR
.br
.RS 2
files (\fIstr\fR,
\fIfile\fR, or the return value of \fIconfigure_file\fR that
this target depends on but are not listed in the `command` keyword
argument. Useful for adding regen dependencies.
.RE

\fBdepends\fR
\fIlist[build_tgt | custom_tgt]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Specifies that this target depends on the specified
target(s), even though it does not take any of them as a command
line argument. This is meant for cases where you have a tool that
e.g. does globbing internally. Usually you should just put the
generated sources as inputs and Meson will set up all dependencies
automatically.
.RE

\fBdepfile\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A dependency file that the command can write listing
all the additional files this target depends on, for example a C
compiler would list all the header files it included, and a change
in any one of these files triggers a recompilation.

\fB(since 0.47.0)\fR the `@BASENAME@` and `@PLAINNAME@` substitutions
are also accepted.
.RE

\fBenv\fR
\fIenv | list[str] | dict[str]\fR, since 0.57.0
.br
.RS 2
environment variables to set, such as
`{'NAME1': 'value1', 'NAME2': 'value2'}` or `['NAME1=value1', 'NAME2=value2']`,
or an \fIenv\fR object which allows more
sophisticated environment juggling.
.RE

\fBfeed\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.59.0
.br
.RS 2
There are some compilers that can't be told to read
their input from a file and instead read it from standard input. When this
argument is set to `true`, Meson feeds the input file to `stdin`. Note that
your argument list may not contain `@INPUT@` when feed mode is active.
.RE

\fBinput\fR
\fIlist[str | file]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of source files. \fB(since 0.41.0)\fR the list is flattened.
.RE

\fBinstall\fR
\fIbool\fR
.br
.RS 2
When true, one or more files of this target are installed during the install step (see `install_dir` for details).
.RE

\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr | list[str | bool]\fR
.br
.RS 2
If only one install_dir is provided, all outputs are installed there.
\fBSince 0.40.0\fR Allows you to specify the installation directory for each
corresponding output. For example:
.RS 4
custom_target('different-install-dirs',
.br
  output : ['first.file', 'second.file'],
.br
  install : true,
.br
  install_dir : ['somedir', 'otherdir'])
.br
.RE
This would install `first.file` to `somedir` and `second.file` to `otherdir`.

To only install some outputs, pass `false` for the outputs that you
don't want installed. For example:
.RS 4
    custom_target('only-install-second',
.br
      output : ['first.file', 'second.file'],
.br
      install : true,
.br
      install_dir : [false, 'otherdir'])
.br
.RE
This would install `second.file` to `otherdir` and not install `first.file`.
.RE

\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
The file mode and optionally the owner/uid and group/gid.
See the `install_mode` kwarg of \fIinstall_data\fR for more information.
.RE

\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
A list of strings, one per output, used by the `meson install --tags` command
to install only a subset of the files.

By default all outputs have no install tag which means they are not being
installed when `--tags` argument is specified. If only one tag is specified,
it is assumed that all outputs have the same tag. `false` can be used for
outputs that have no tag or are not installed.
.RE

\fBoutput\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of output files.
.RE

.RE
\fBNOTES\fR
.RS 4
Assuming that `command:` is executed by a POSIX `sh` shell
is not portable, notably to Windows. Instead, consider using a
`native: true` \fIexecutable\fR, or a python script.
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS debug()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR debug(message, msg...)

since 0.63.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Write the argument string to the meson build log.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBmessage\fR
\fIstr | int | bool | list[str | int | bool] | dict[str | int | bool]\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The message to print
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBmsg\fR
\fIstr | int | bool | list[str | int | bool] | dict[str | int | bool]\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Additional parameters will be separated by spaces
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS declare_dependency()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIdep\fR declare_dependency(
.br
.RS 4
compile_args:,
.br
d_import_dirs:,
.br
d_module_versions:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
link_args:,
.br
link_whole:,
.br
link_with:,
.br
sources:,
.br
variables:,
.br
version:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
This function returns a \fIdep\fR object that
behaves like the return value of \fIdependency\fR but is
internal to the current build. The main use case for this is in
subprojects. This allows a subproject to easily specify how it should
be used. This makes it interchangeable with the same dependency that
is provided externally by the system.
.RE

\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBcompile_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Compile arguments to use.
.RE

\fBd_import_dirs\fR
\fIlist[inc | str]\fR, since 0.62.0
.br
.RS 2
the directories to add to the string search path (i.e. `-J` switch for DMD).
Must be \fIinc\fR objects or plain strings.
.RE

\fBd_module_versions\fR
\fIstr | int | list[str | int]\fR, since 0.62.0
.br
.RS 2
The \fID version identifiers\fR[5] to add
during the compilation of D source files.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIlist[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Other dependencies needed to use this dependency.
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIlist[inc | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
the directories to add to header search path,
must be \fIinc\fR objects or \fB(since 0.50.0)\fR plain strings.
.RE

\fBlink_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Link arguments to use.
.RE

\fBlink_whole\fR
\fIlist[lib]\fR, since 0.46.0
.br
.RS 2
Libraries to link fully, same as \fIexecutable\fR.
.RE

\fBlink_with\fR
\fIlist[lib]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Libraries to link against.
.RE

\fBsources\fR
\fIlist[str | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list]\fR
.br
.RS 2
sources to add to targets
(or generated header files
that should be built before sources including them are built)
.RE

\fBvariables\fR
\fIdict[str] | list[str]\fR, since 0.54.0
.br
.RS 2
a dictionary of arbitrary strings,
this is meant to be used
in subprojects where special variables would be provided via cmake or
pkg-config. \fBsince 0.56.0\fR it can also be a list of `'key=value'` strings.
.RE

\fBversion\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
the version of this dependency,
such as `1.2.3`. Defaults to the project version.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS dependency()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIdep\fR dependency(
.br
.RS 4
names...,
.br
allow_fallback:,
.br
default_options:,
.br
disabler: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
fallback:,
.br
include_type: \fB'preserve'\fR,
.br
language:,
.br
method: \fB'auto'\fR,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
not_found_message:,
.br
required: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
static: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
version:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Finds an external dependency (usually a library installed on your
system) with the given name with `pkg-config` and \fIwith
CMake\fR[12] if `pkg-config` fails. Additionally,
frameworks (OSX only) and \fIlibrary-specific fallback detection
logic\fR[13]
are also supported.

\fBSince 0.60.0\fR more than one name can be provided, they will be tried in order
and the first name to be found will be used. The fallback subproject will be
used only if none of the names are found on the system. Once one of the name has
been found, all other names are added into the cache so subsequent calls for any
of those name will return the same value. This is useful in case a dependency
could have different names, such as `png` and `libpng`.

\fB Since \fR0.64.0* a dependency fallback can be provided by WrapDB. Simply download
the database locally using `meson wrap update-db` command and Meson will
automatically fallback to subprojects provided by WrapDB if the dependency is
not found on the system and the project does not ship their own `.wrap` file.

Dependencies can also be resolved in two other ways:

* if the same name was used in a `meson.override_dependency` prior to the call to `dependency`, the overriding dependency will be returned unconditionally; that is, the overriding dependency will be used independent of whether an external dependency is installed in the system. Typically, `meson.override_dependency` will have been used by a subproject. 

* by a fallback subproject which, if needed, will be brought into the current build specification as if \fI`subproject()`\fR had been called. The subproject can be specified with the `fallback` argument.  Alternatively, if the `fallback` argument is absent, \fBsince 0.55.0\fR Meson can automatically identify a subproject as a fallback if a wrap file \fIprovides\fR[14] the dependency, or if a subproject has the same name as the dependency. In the latter case, the subproject must use `meson.override_dependency` to specify the replacement, or Meson will report a hard error.  See the \fIWrap documentation\fR[13] for more details.  This automatic search can be controlled using the `allow_fallback` keyword argument. 

If `dependency_name` is `''`, the dependency is always not found. So
with `required: false`, this always returns a dependency object for
which the `found()` method returns `false`, and which can be passed
like any other dependency to the `dependencies:` keyword argument of a
`build_target`. This can be used to implement a dependency which is
sometimes not required e.g. in some branches of a conditional, or with
a `fallback:` kwarg, can be used to declare an optional dependency
that only looks in the specified subproject, and only if that's
allowed by `--wrap-mode`.

The returned object \fIdep\fR also has additional methods.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBnames\fR
\fIstr\fR, 1...N times, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
The names of the dependency to look up. The dependencies are looked up in
the order they are provided here. The first found dependency will then be
used. The fallback subproject will be used only if none of the names are
found on the system. Once one of the name has been found, all other names
are added into the cache so subsequent calls for any of those name will
return the same value. This is useful in case a dependency could have
different names, such as `png` and `libpng`.

\fB\fRNOTE:\fB\fR Before \fB0.60.0\fR only a single dependency name was allowed.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBallow_fallback\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies whether Meson should automatically pick a fallback subproject
in case the dependency
is not found in the system.  If `true` and the dependency is not found
on the system, Meson will fallback to a subproject that provides this
dependency. If `false`, Meson will not fallback even if a subproject
provides this dependency.  By default, Meson will do so if `required`
is `true` or  \fI`enabled`\fR[0]; see the \fIWrap
documentation\fR[13]
for more details.
.RE

\fBdefault_options\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
An array of default option values
that override those set in the subproject's `meson_options.txt`
(like `default_options` in \fIproject\fR, they only have
effect when Meson is run for the first time, and command line
arguments override any default options in build files)
.RE

\fBdisabler\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.49.0
.br
.RS 2
Returns a \fIdisabler\fR object instead of a not-found dependency
if this kwarg is set to `true` and the dependency couldn't be found.
.RE

\fBfallback\fR
\fIlist[str] | str\fR
.br
.RS 2
Manually specifies a subproject fallback
to use in case the dependency is not found in the system.
This is useful if the automatic search is not applicable or if you
want to support versions of Meson older than 0.55.0.  If the value is an
array `['subproj_name', 'subproj_dep']`, the first value is the name
of the subproject and the second is the variable name in that
subproject that contains a dependency object such as the return
value of \fIdeclare_dependency\fR or
\fIdependency\fR, etc. Note that this means the
fallback dependency may be a not-found dependency, in which
case the value of the `required:` kwarg will be obeyed.
\fBSince 0.54.0\fR the value can be a single string, the subproject name;
in this case the subproject must use
`meson.override_dependency('dependency_name', subproj_dep)`
to specify the dependency object used in the superproject.
If the value is an empty list, it has the same effect as
`allow_fallback: false`.
.RE

\fBinclude_type\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'preserve', since 0.52.0
.br
.RS 2
An enum flag, marking how the dependency
flags should be converted. Supported values are `'preserve'`, `'system'` and
`'non-system'`. System dependencies may be handled differently on some
platforms, for instance, using `-isystem` instead of `-I`, where possible.
If `include_type` is set to `'preserve'`, no additional conversion will be
performed.
.RE

\fBlanguage\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Defines what language-specific dependency to find
if it's available for multiple languages.
.RE

\fBmethod\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'auto', since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
Defines the way the dependency is detected, the default is
`auto` but can be overridden to be e.g. `qmake` for Qt development,
and \fIdifferent dependencies support different values\fR[15]
for this (though `auto` will work on all of them)
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
If set to `true`, causes Meson to find the dependency on
the build machine system rather than the host system (i.e. where the
cross compiled binary will run on), usually only needed if you build
a tool to be used during compilation.
.RE

\fBnot_found_message\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.50.0
.br
.RS 2
An optional string that will be printed as a \fImessage\fR if the dependency was not found.
.RE

\fBrequired\fR
\fIbool | feature\fR, default: true
.br
.RS 2
When set to `false`, Meson will proceed with the build
even if the dependency is not found.

When set to a \fI`feature`\fR[0] option, the feature
will control if it is searched and whether to fail if not found.

\fB(since 0.47.0)\fR The value of a `feature` option can also be passed.
.RE

\fBstatic\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Tells the dependency provider to try to get static
libraries instead of dynamic ones (note that this is not supported
by all dependency backends)

\fBSince 0.60.0\fR it also sets `default_library` option accordingly on the fallback
subproject if it was not set explicitly in `default_options` keyword argument.
.RE

\fBversion\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.37.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the required version,
a string containing a
comparison operator followed by the version string, examples include
`>1.0.0`, `<=2.3.5` or `3.1.4` for exact matching.
You can also specify multiple restrictions by passing a list to this
keyword argument, such as: `['>=3.14.0', '<=4.1.0']`.
These requirements are never met if the version is unknown.
.RE

.RE
\fBNOTES\fR
.RS 4
This function supports additional \fIlibrary-specific\fR[12] keyword arguments that may also be accepted (e.g. `modules` specifies submodules to use for dependencies such as Qt5 or Boost. `components` allows the user to manually add CMake `COMPONENTS` for the `find_package` lookup)
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS disabler()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIdisabler\fR disabler()

since 0.44.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a \fIdisabler\fR object.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS environment()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIenv\fR environment([env], method:, separator:)

since 0.35.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns an empty \fIenv\fR object.
.RE

\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBenv\fR
\fIstr | list[str] | dict[str] | dict[list[str]]\fR, since 0.52.0
.br
.RS 2
If provided, each key/value pair is added into the \fIenv\fR object
as if \fIenv.set\fR method was called for each of them.
Since \fB0.62.0\fR list of strings is allowed in dictionary values. In that
case values are joined using the separator.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBmethod\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.62.0
.br
.RS 2
Must be one of 'set', 'prepend', or 'append'
(defaults to 'set'). Controls if initial values defined in the first
positional argument are prepended, appended or replace the current value
of the environment variable.
.RE

\fBseparator\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.62.0
.br
.RS 2
The separator to use for the initial values defined in
the first positional argument. If not explicitly specified, the default
path separator for the host operating system will be used, i.e. ';' for
Windows and ':' for UNIX/POSIX systems.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS error()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR error(message, msg...)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Print the argument string and halts the build process.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBmessage\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The message to print
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBmsg\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times, since 0.58.0
.br
.RS 2
Additional parameters will be separated by spaces
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS executable()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIexe\fR executable(
.br
.RS 4
target_name,
.br
source...,
.br
<lang>_args:,
.br
<lang>_pch:,
.br
build_by_default: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
build_rpath:,
.br
d_debug:,
.br
d_import_dirs:,
.br
d_module_versions:,
.br
d_unittest: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
export_dynamic:,
.br
extra_files:,
.br
gnu_symbol_visibility:,
.br
gui_app: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
implib:,
.br
implicit_include_directories: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
install: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
install_dir:,
.br
install_mode:,
.br
install_rpath:,
.br
install_tag:,
.br
link_args:,
.br
link_depends:,
.br
link_language:,
.br
link_whole:,
.br
link_with:,
.br
name_prefix:,
.br
name_suffix:,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
objects:,
.br
override_options:,
.br
pie:,
.br
rust_crate_type:,
.br
sources:,
.br
win_subsystem: \fB'console'\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Creates a new executable. The first argument specifies its name and
the remaining positional arguments define the input files to use.

The lists for the kwargs (such as `sources`, `objects`, and `dependencies`) are
always flattened, which means you can freely nest and add lists while
creating the final list.

The returned object also has methods that are documented in \fIexe\fR.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtarget_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fBunique\fR name of the build target
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBsource\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Input source to compile. The following types are supported:

- Strings relative to the current source directory 
.br
- \fIfile\fR objects defined in any preceding build file 
.br
- The return value of configure-time generators such as \fIconfigure_file\fR 
.br
- The return value of build-time generators such as \fIcustom_target\fR or \fIgenerator.process\fR 

These input files can be sources, objects, libraries, or any other
file. Meson will automatically categorize them based on the extension
and use them accordingly. For instance, sources (`.c`, `.cpp`,
`.vala`, `.rs`, etc) will be compiled and objects (`.o`, `.obj`) and
libraries (`.so`, `.dll`, etc) will be linked.

With the Ninja backend, Meson will create a build-time \fIorder-only
dependency\fR[3] on
all generated input files, including unknown files. This is needed to
bootstrap the generation of the real dependencies in the
\fIdepfile\fR[4] generated
by your compiler to determine when to rebuild sources. Ninja relies on
this dependency file for all input files, generated and non-generated.
The behavior is similar for other backends.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fB<lang>_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
compiler flags to use for the given language;
eg: `cpp_args` for C++
.RE

\fB<lang>_pch\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
precompiled header file to use for the given language
.RE

\fBbuild_by_default\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Causes, when set to `true`, to have this target be built by default.
This means it will be built when `meson compile` is called without any
arguments. The default value is `true` for all built target types.
.RE

\fBbuild_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
A string to add to target's rpath definition in the build dir,
but which will be removed on install
.RE

\fBd_debug\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fID version identifiers\fR[5] to add
during the compilation of D source files.
.RE

\fBd_import_dirs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of directories to look in for string imports used in the D programming language.
.RE

\fBd_module_versions\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of module version identifiers set when compiling D sources.
.RE

\fBd_unittest\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, the D modules are compiled in debug mode.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIlist[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more dependency objects
created with
\fIdependency\fR or \fIcompiler.find_library\fR
(for external deps) or \fIdeclare_dependency\fR
(for deps built by the project)
.RE

\fBexport_dynamic\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.45.0
.br
.RS 2
when set to true causes the target's symbols to be
 dynamically exported, allowing modules built using the
 \fIshared_module\fR function to refer to functions,
 variables and other symbols defined in the executable itself. Implies
 the `implib` argument.
.RE

\fBextra_files\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Not used for the build itself but are shown as source files in IDEs
that group files by targets (such as Visual Studio)
.RE

\fBgnu_symbol_visibility\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies how symbols should be exported, see
e.g \fIthe GCC Wiki\fR[6] for more
information. This value can either be an empty string or one of
`default`, `internal`, `hidden`, `protected` or `inlineshidden`, which
is the same as `hidden` but also includes things like C++ implicit
constructors as specified in the GCC manual. Ignored on compilers that
do not support GNU visibility arguments.
.RE

\fBgui_app\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, \fBdeprecated\fR since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
When set to true flags this target as a GUI application
on platforms where this makes a differerence, \fB\fRdeprecated\fB\fR since
0.56.0, use `win_subsystem` instead.
.RE

\fBimplib\fR
\fIbool | str\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, an import library is generated for the
executable (the name of the import library is based on \fBexe_name\fR).
Alternatively, when set to a string, that gives the base name for
the import library.  The import library is used when the returned
build target object appears in `link_with:` elsewhere.  Only has any
effect on platforms where that is meaningful (e.g. Windows). Implies
the `export_dynamic` argument.
.RE

\fBimplicit_include_directories\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether Meson adds the current source and build directories to the include path
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIlist[inc | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more objects created with the \fIinclude_directories\fR function,
or \fB(since 0.50.0)\fR strings, which will be transparently expanded to include directory objects
.RE

\fBinstall\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, this executable should be installed.
.RE

\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
override install directory for this file. If the value is a relative path,
it will be considered relative the `prefix` option.
For example, if you want to install plugins into a subdir, you'd use
something like this: `install_dir : get_option('libdir') / 'projectname-1.0'`.
.RE

\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
Specify the file mode in symbolic format
and optionally the owner/uid and group/gid for the installed files.

See the `install_mode` kwarg of \fIinstall_data\fR for more information.
.RE

\fBinstall_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string to set the target's rpath to after install
(but \fBnot\fR before that). On Windows, this argument has no effect.
.RE

\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
A string used by the `meson install --tags` command
to install only a subset of the files. By default all build targets have the
tag `runtime` except for static libraries that have the `devel` tag.
.RE

\fBlink_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Flags to use during linking. You can use UNIX-style
flags here for all platforms.
.RE

\fBlink_depends\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Strings, files, or custom targets the link step depends on
such as a symbol visibility map. The purpose is to
automatically trigger a re-link (but not a re-compile) of the target
when this file changes.
.RE

\fBlink_language\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
Makes the linker for this target be for the specified language.
It is generally unnecessary to set
this, as Meson will detect the right linker to use in most cases. There are
only two cases where this is needed. One, your main function in an
executable is not in the language Meson picked, or second you want to force
a library to use only one ABI.

\fB(broken until 0.55.0)\fR
.RE

\fBlink_whole\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
Links all contents of the given static libraries
whether they are used by not, equivalent to the `-Wl,--whole-archive` argument flag of GCC.

\fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a list that list will be flattened.

\fB(since 0.51.0)\fR This argument also accepts outputs produced by
custom targets. The user must ensure that the output is a library in
the correct format.
.RE

\fBlink_with\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR
.br
.RS 2
One or more shared or static libraries
(built by this project) that this target should be linked with. \fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a
list this list will be flattened. \fB(since 0.51.0)\fR The arguments can also be custom targets.
In this case Meson will assume that merely adding the output file in the linker command
line is sufficient to make linking work. If this is not sufficient,
then the build system writer must write all other steps manually.
.RE

\fBname_prefix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the prefix for the
target output filename by overriding the default (only used for
libraries). By default this is `lib` on all platforms and compilers,
except for MSVC shared libraries where it is omitted to follow
convention, and Cygwin shared libraries where it is `cyg`.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBname_suffix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the extension for the
target by overriding the default. By default on Windows this is
`exe` for executables and on other platforms it is omitted.

For shared libraries, the default value
is `dylib` on macOS, `dll` on Windows, and `so` everywhere else.
For static libraries, it is `a` everywhere. By convention MSVC
static libraries use the `lib` suffix, but we use `a` to avoid a
potential name clash with shared libraries which also generate
import libraries with a `lib` suffix.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether the target is compiled for the build or host machines.
.RE

\fBobjects\fR
\fIlist[extracted_obj | file | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of object files that should be linked in this target.
These can include third party products you don't have source to,
or object files produced by other build targets.
.RE

\fBoverride_options\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
takes an array of strings in the same format as `project`'s `default_options`
overriding the values of these options
for this target only.
.RE

\fBpie\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.49.0
.br
.RS 2
Build a position-independent executable.
.RE

\fBrust_crate_type\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Set the specific type of rust crate to compile (when compiling rust).

If the target is an \fIexecutable\fR this defaults to "bin", the only
allowed value.

If it is a \fIstatic_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"staticlib", or "rlib". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a default, "staticlib"
means a C ABI library, "rlib" means a Rust ABI.

If it is a \fIshared_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"dylib", "cdylib", or "proc-macro". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a
default, "cdylib" means a C ABI library, "dylib" means a Rust ABI, and
"proc-macro" is a special rust proceedural macro crate.

"proc-macro" is new in 0.62.0.
.RE

\fBsources\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list | structured_src\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additional source files. Same as the source varargs.
.RE

\fBwin_subsystem\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'console', since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the subsystem type to use
on the Windows platform. Typical values include `console` for text
mode programs and `windows` for gui apps. The value can also contain
version specification such as `windows,6.0`. See \fIMSDN
documentation\fR[7]
for the full list.
.RE

.RE
\fBWARNINGS\fR
.RS 4
The `link_language` kwarg was broken until 0.55.0
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS files()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlist[file]\fR files(file...)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
This command takes the strings given to it in arguments and returns
corresponding File objects that you can use as sources for build
targets. The difference is that file objects remember the subdirectory
they were defined in and can be used anywhere in the source tree.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfile\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Path to the file.
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4
As an example suppose you have source file `foo.cpp` in subdirectory
`bar1` and you would like to use it in a build target that is defined
in `bar2`. To make this happen you first create the object in `bar1`
like this:
.RS 4
    foofile = files('foo.cpp')
.br
.RE
Then you can use it in `bar2` like this:
.RS 4
    executable('myprog', 'myprog.cpp', foofile, ...)
.br
.RE
Meson will then do the right thing.
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS find_program()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIexternal_program\fR find_program(
.br
.RS 4
program_name,
.br
fallback...,
.br
dirs:,
.br
disabler: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
required: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
version:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
`program_name` here is a string that can be an executable or script
to be searched for in `PATH` or other places inside the project.
The search order is:

1. Program overrides set via \fImeson.override_find_program\fR
1. \fI`[provide]` sections\fR[13]
  in subproject wrap files, if \fI`wrap_mode`\fR[16] is
  set to `forcefallback`
1. \fI`[binaries]` section\fR[17] in your machine files
1. Directories provided using the `dirs:` kwarg (see below)
1. Project's source tree relative to the current subdir
   - If you use the return value of \fIconfigure_file\fR, the
     current subdir inside the build tree is used instead
1. `PATH` environment variable
1. \fI`[provide]` sections\fR[13] in
  subproject wrap files, if \fI`wrap_mode`\fR[15] is
  set to anything other than `nofallback`

Meson will also autodetect scripts with a shebang line and run them
with the executable/interpreter specified in it both on Windows
(because the command invocator will reject the command otherwise) and
Unixes (if the script file does not have the executable bit set).
Hence, you \fBmust not\fR manually add the interpreter while using this
script as part of a list of commands. Since \fB0.50.0\fR if the "python3"
program is requested and it is not found in the system, Meson will return
its current interpreter.

If you need to check for a program in a non-standard location, you can
just pass an absolute path to `find_program`, e.g.
.RS 4
setcap = find_program('setcap', '/usr/sbin/setcap', '/sbin/setcap', required : false)
.br
.RE
It is also possible to pass an array to `find_program` in case you
need to construct the set of paths to search on the fly:
.RS 4
setcap = find_program(['setcap', '/usr/sbin/setcap', '/sbin/setcap'], required : false)
.br
.RE
The returned \fIexternal_program\fR object also has documented methods.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBprogram_name\fR
\fIstr | file\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the program to search, or a \fIfile\fR object to be used
without searching.
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfallback\fR
\fIstr | file\fR, 0...N times, since 0.37.0
.br
.RS 2
These parameters are used as fallback names to search for.
This is meant to be used for cases where the
program may have many alternative names, such as `foo` and
`foo.py`. The function will check for the arguments one by one and the
first one that is found is returned.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdirs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.53.0
.br
.RS 2
extra list of absolute paths where to look for program names.
.RE

\fBdisabler\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.49.0
.br
.RS 2
If `true` and the program couldn't be found, return a \fIdisabler\fR object
instead of a not-found object.
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.43.0
.br
.RS 2
Defines how this executable should be searched. By default
it is set to `false`, which causes Meson to first look for the
executable in the cross file (when cross building) and if it is not
defined there, then from the system. If set to `true`, the cross
file is ignored and the program is only searched from the system.
.RE

\fBrequired\fR
\fIbool | feature\fR, default: true
.br
.RS 2
When `true`, Meson will abort if no program can be found.
If `required` is set to `false`,
Meson continue even if none of the programs can be found. You can
then use the `.found()` method on the returned \fIexternal_program\fR to check
whether it was found or not. \fB(since 0.47.0)\fR The value of a
\fI`feature`\fR[0] option can also be passed to the
`required` keyword argument.
.RE

\fBversion\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.52.0
.br
.RS 2
specifies the required version, see
\fIdependency\fR for argument format. The version of the program
is determined by running `program_name --version` command. If stdout is empty
it fallbacks to stderr. If the output contains more text than simply a version
number, only the first occurrence of numbers separated by dots is kept.
If the output is more complicated than that, the version checking will have to
be done manually using \fIrun_command\fR.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS generator()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIgenerator\fR generator(
.br
.RS 4
exe,
.br
arguments:,
.br
capture: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
depends:,
.br
depfile:,
.br
output:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
See also: \fIcustom_target\fR

This function creates a \fIgenerator\fR object that can
be used to run custom compilation commands. The only positional
argument is the executable to use. It can either be a self-built
executable or one returned by find_program.

The template strings passed to all the keyword arguments accept
the following special substitutions:

- `@PLAINNAME@`: the complete input file name, e.g: `foo.c` becomes `foo.c` (unchanged) 
.br
- `@BASENAME@`: the base of the input filename, e.g.: `foo.c.y` becomes `foo.c` (extension is removed) 

Each string passed to the `output` keyword argument \fBmust\fR be
constructed using one or both of these two substitutions.

In addition to the above substitutions, the `arguments` keyword
argument also accepts the following:

- `@OUTPUT@`: the full path to the output file 
.br
- `@INPUT@`: the full path to the input file 
.br
- `@DEPFILE@`: the full path to the depfile 
.br
- `@SOURCE_DIR@`: the full path to the root of the source tree 
.br
- `@CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@`: this is the directory where the currently processed meson.build is located in 
.br
- `@BUILD_DIR@`: the full path to the root of the build dir where the output will be placed 

NOTE: Generators should only be used for outputs that will \fB\fR\fBonly\fR\fB\fR
be used as inputs for a \fIbuild_target\fR or a \fIcustom_target\fR.
When you use the processed output of a
generator in multiple targets, the generator will be run multiple
times to create outputs for each target. Each output will be created
in a target-private directory `@BUILD_DIR@`.

If you want to generate files for general purposes such as for
generating headers to be used by several sources, or data that will be
installed, and so on, use a \fIcustom_target\fR instead.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBexe\fR
\fIexe | external_program\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Executable for the command to run
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBarguments\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
A list of template strings that will be the command line arguments passed to the executable.
.RE

\fBcapture\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.43.0
.br
.RS 2
When this argument is set to true, Meson captures `stdout`
of the `executable` and writes it to the target file
specified as `output`.
.RE

\fBdepends\fR
\fIlist[build_tgt | custom_tgt]\fR, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
An array of build targets that must be built before
this generator can be run. This is used if you have a generator that calls
a second executable that is built in this project.
.RE

\fBdepfile\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A template string pointing to a dependency file that a
generator can write listing all the additional files this target
depends on, for example a C compiler would list all the header files
it included, and a change in any one of these files triggers a
recompilation,
.RE

\fBoutput\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Template string (or list of template strings) defining
how an output file name is (or multiple output names are) generated
from a single source file name.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS get_option()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr | int | bool | feature | list[str | int | bool]\fR get_option(
.br
.RS 4
option_name,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Obtains the value of the \fIproject build option\fR[18]
specified in the positional argument.

Note that the value returned for built-in options that end in `dir`
such as `bindir` and `libdir` is usually a path relative to (and
inside) the `prefix` but you should not rely on that, as it can also
be an absolute path \fIin some cases\fR[19].
\fI`install_dir` arguments\fR[20] handle that as expected
but if you need an absolute path, e.g. to use in a define etc.,
you should use the path concatenation operator like this:
`get_option('prefix') / get_option('localstatedir')`.
Never manually join paths as if they were strings.

For options of type `feature` a
\fIfeature\fR option object
is returned instead of a string.
See \fI`feature` options\fR[0]
documentation for more details.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBoption_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Name of the option to query
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS get_variable()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIany\fR get_variable(variable_name, [default])
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
This function can be used to dynamically obtain a variable. `res =
get_variable(varname, fallback)` takes the value of `varname` (which
must be a string) and stores the variable of that name into `res`. If
the variable does not exist, the variable `fallback` is stored to
`res`instead. If a fallback is not specified, then attempting to read
a non-existing variable will cause a fatal error.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvariable_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Name of the variable to get
.RE

.RE
\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdefault\fR
\fIany\fR
.br
.RS 2
Fallback value to return when the variable does not exist
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS import()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fImodule\fR import(module_name, disabler:, required: \fBtrue\fR)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Imports the given extension module. Returns an object that can be used to call
the methods of the module. Here's an example for a hypothetical `testmod`
module.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBmodule_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Name of the module to import.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdisabler\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.59.0
.br
.RS 2
Returns a \fIdisabler\fR object when not found.
.RE

\fBrequired\fR
\fIbool | feature\fR, default: true, since 0.59.0
.br
.RS 2
When set to `false`, Meson will proceed with the build even if the module is not found.
When set to a \fI`feature`\fR[0] option, the feature will control if it is searched and whether to fail if not found.
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
tmod = import('testmod')
.br
tmod.do_something()
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS include_directories()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIinc\fR include_directories(includes..., is_system: \fBfalse\fR)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns an opaque object which contains the directories (relative to
the current directory) given in the positional arguments. The result
can then be passed to the `include_directories:` keyword argument when
building executables or libraries. You can use the returned object in
any subdirectory you want, Meson will make the paths work
automatically.

Note that this function call itself does not add the directories into
the search path, since there is no global search path. For something
like that, see \fI`add_project_arguments()`\fR.

See also `implicit_include_directories` parameter of
\fIexecutable\fR, which adds current source and build
directories to include path.

Each directory given is converted to two include paths: one that is
relative to the source root and one relative to the build root.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBincludes\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Include paths to add.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBis_system\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
If set to `true`, flags the specified directories as system directories.
This means that
they will be used with the `-isystem` compiler argument rather than
`-I` on compilers that support this flag (in practice everything
except Visual Studio).
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4
For example, with the following source tree layout in
`/home/user/project.git`:

`meson.build`:
.RS 4
project(...)
.br

.br
subdir('include')
.br
subdir('src')
.br

.br
\...
.br
.RE
`include/meson.build`:
.RS 4
inc = include_directories('.')
.br

.br
\...
.br
.RE
`src/meson.build`:
.RS 4
sources = [...]
.br

.br
executable('some-tool', sources,
.br
  include_directories : inc,
.br
  ...)
.br

.br
\...
.br
.RE
If the build tree is `/tmp/build-tree`, the following include paths
will be added to the `executable()` call: `-I/tmp/build-tree/include
-I/home/user/project.git/include`.
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS install_data()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR install_data(
.br
.RS 4
file...,
.br
install_dir:,
.br
install_mode:,
.br
install_tag:,
.br
preserve_path: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
rename:,
.br
sources:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Installs files from the source tree that are listed as positional arguments.

See \fIInstalling\fR[19] for more examples.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfile\fR
\fIfile | str\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Files to install.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The absolute or relative path to the installation directory.
If this is a relative path, it is assumed to be relative to the prefix.

If omitted, the directory defaults to `{datadir}/{projectname}` \fB(since 0.45.0)\fR.
.RE

\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
specify the file mode in symbolic format and
optionally the owner/uid and group/gid for the installed files. For
example:

`install_mode: 'rw-r--r--'` for just the file mode

`install_mode: ['rw-r--r--', 'nobody', 'nogroup']` for the file mode and the user/group

`install_mode: ['rw-r-----', 0, 0]` for the file mode and uid/gid

To leave any of these three as the default, specify `false`.
.RE

\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
A string used by the `meson install --tags` command
to install only a subset of the files. By default these files have no install
tag which means they are not being installed when `--tags` argument is specified.
.RE

\fBpreserve_path\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.64.0
.br
.RS 2
Disable stripping child-directories from data files when installing.

This is equivalent to GNU Automake's `nobase` option.
.RE

\fBrename\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.46.0
.br
.RS 2
If specified renames each source file into corresponding file from `rename` list.
Nested paths are allowed and they are
joined with `install_dir`. Length of `rename` list must be equal to
the number of sources.
.RE

\fBsources\fR
\fIlist[file | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additional files to install.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS install_emptydir()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR install_emptydir(dirpath..., install_mode:, install_tag:)

since 0.60.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Installs a new directory entry to the location specified by the positional
argument. If the directory exists and is not empty, the contents are left in
place.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdirpath\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Directory to create during installation.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Specify the file mode in symbolic format and optionally the owner/uid and
group/gid for the created directory.

See the `install_mode` kwarg of \fIinstall_data\fR for more information.
.RE

\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string used by the `meson install --tags` command to install only a
subset of the files. By default this directory has no install tag which
means it is not installed when the `--tags` argument is specified.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS install_headers()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR install_headers(
.br
.RS 4
file...,
.br
install_dir:,
.br
install_mode:,
.br
preserve_path: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
subdir:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Installs the specified header files from the source tree into the
system header directory (usually `/{prefix}/include`) during the
install step. This directory can be overridden by specifying it with
the `install_dir` keyword argument. If you just want to install into a
subdirectory of the system header directory, then use the `subdir`
argument. As an example if this has the value `myproj` then the
headers would be installed to `/{prefix}/include/myproj`.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfile\fR
\fIfile | str\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Header files to install.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
Where to install to.
.RE

\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
Specify the file mode in symbolic format
and optionally the owner/uid and group/gid for the installed files.

See the `install_mode` kwarg of \fIinstall_data\fR for more information.
.RE

\fBpreserve_path\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.63.0
.br
.RS 2
Disable stripping child-direcories from header files when installing.

This is equivalent to GNU Automake's `nobase` option.
.RE

\fBsubdir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
Install to the `subdir` subdirectory of the default includedir.

Incompatible with the `install_dir` kwarg.
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4
For example, this will install `common.h` and `kola.h` into
`/{prefix}/include`:
.RS 4
install_headers('common.h', 'proj/kola.h')
.br
.RE
This will install `common.h` and `kola.h` into `/{prefix}/include/myproj`:
.RS 4
install_headers('common.h', 'proj/kola.h', subdir : 'myproj')
.br
.RE
This will install `common.h` and `kola.h` into `/{prefix}/cust/myproj`:
.RS 4
install_headers('common.h', 'proj/kola.h', install_dir : 'cust', subdir : 'myproj')
.br
.RE
This will install `common.h` into `/{prefix}/include` and `kola.h`
into `/{prefix}/include/proj/`:
.RS 4
install_headers('common.h, 'proj/kola.h', preserve_path : true)
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS install_man()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR install_man(file..., install_dir:, install_mode:, locale:)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Installs the specified man files from the source tree into system's man directory
during the install step. This directory can be
overridden by specifying it with the `install_dir` keyword argument.

\fB(since 0.49.0)\fR [manpages are no longer compressed implicitly][install_man_49].

[install_man_49]:
https://mesonbuild.com/Release-notes-for-0-49-0.html#manpages-are-no-longer-compressed-implicitly
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfile\fR
\fIfile | str\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Man pages to install.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
Where to install to.
.RE

\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
Specify the file mode in symbolic format
and optionally the owner/uid and group/gid for the installed files.

See the `install_mode` kwarg of \fIinstall_data\fR for more information.
.RE

\fBlocale\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.58.0
.br
.RS 2
Can be used to specify the locale
into which the
man page will be installed within the manual page directory tree.
An example manual might be `foo.fr.1` with a locale of `fr`, such
that `{mandir}/{locale}/man{num}/foo.1` becomes the installed file.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS install_subdir()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR install_subdir(
.br
.RS 4
subdir_name,
.br
exclude_directories:,
.br
exclude_files:,
.br
install_dir:,
.br
install_mode:,
.br
install_tag:,
.br
strip_directory: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Installs the entire given subdirectory and its contents from the
source tree to the location specified by the keyword argument
`install_dir`.

\fB(since 0.45.0, deprecated since 0.60.0)\fR If the subdirectory does not exist
in the source tree, an empty directory is created in the specified location.
A newly created subdirectory may only be created in the keyword argument
`install_dir`. There are a number of flaws with this method, and it was never
intentionally designed to work this way, please use \fIinstall_emptydir\fR
instead.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBsubdir_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The sub-directory to install
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBexclude_directories\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
A list of directory names that should not be installed.
Names are interpreted as paths relative to the `subdir_name` location.
.RE

\fBexclude_files\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
A list of file names that should not be installed.
Names are interpreted as paths relative to the `subdir_name` location.
.RE

\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
Where to install to.
.RE

\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
Specify the file mode in symbolic format
and optionally the owner/uid and group/gid for the installed files.

See the `install_mode` kwarg of \fIinstall_data\fR for more information.
.RE

\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
A string used by the `meson install --tags` command
to install only a subset of the files. By default these files have no install
tag which means they are not being installed when `--tags` argument is specified.
.RE

\fBstrip_directory\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.45.0
.br
.RS 2
Install directory contents.
If `strip_directory=true` only the last component of the source path is used.
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4
For a given directory `foo`:
.RS 4
text
.br
foo/
.br
  bar/
.br
    file1
.br
  file2
.br
.RE
`install_subdir('foo', install_dir : 'share', strip_directory : false)` creates
.RS 4
text
.br
share/
.br
  foo/
.br
    bar/
.br
      file1
.br
    file2
.br
.RE
`install_subdir('foo', install_dir : 'share', strip_directory : true)` creates
.RS 4
text
.br
share/
.br
  bar/
.br
    file1
.br
  file2
.br
.RE
`install_subdir('foo/bar', install_dir : 'share', strip_directory : false)` creates
.RS 4
text
.br
share/
.br
  bar/
.br
    file1
.br
.RE
`install_subdir('foo/bar', install_dir : 'share', strip_directory : true)` creates
.RS 4
text
.br
share/
.br
  file1
.br
.RE
`install_subdir('new_directory', install_dir : 'share')` creates
.RS 4
text
.br
share/
.br
  new_directory/
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS install_symlink()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR install_symlink(
.br
.RS 4
link_name,
.br
install_dir:,
.br
install_tag:,
.br
pointing_to:,
.br
.RE
)

since 0.61.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Installs a symbolic link to `pointing_to` target under install_dir.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBlink_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Name of the created link under `install_dir`.
It cannot contain path separators. Those should go in `install_dir`.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The absolute or relative path to the installation directory for the links.
If this is a relative path, it is assumed to be relative to the prefix.
.RE

\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string used by the `meson install --tags` command
to install only a subset of the files. By default these files have no install
tag which means they are not being installed when `--tags` argument is specified.
.RE

\fBpointing_to\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Target to point the link to.
Can be absolute or relative and that will be respected when creating the link.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS is_disabler()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR is_disabler(var)

since 0.52.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns true if a variable is a disabler and false otherwise.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvar\fR
\fIany\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The variable to test
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS is_variable()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR is_variable(var)

since 0.52.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns true if a variable of the given name exists and false otherwise.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvar\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The variable to test
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS jar()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIjar\fR jar(
.br
.RS 4
target_name,
.br
source...,
.br
<lang>_args:,
.br
<lang>_pch:,
.br
build_by_default: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
build_rpath:,
.br
d_debug:,
.br
d_import_dirs:,
.br
d_module_versions:,
.br
d_unittest: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
extra_files:,
.br
gnu_symbol_visibility:,
.br
gui_app: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
implicit_include_directories: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
install: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
install_dir:,
.br
install_mode:,
.br
install_rpath:,
.br
install_tag:,
.br
java_resources:,
.br
link_args:,
.br
link_depends:,
.br
link_language:,
.br
link_whole:,
.br
link_with:,
.br
main_class:,
.br
name_prefix:,
.br
name_suffix:,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
objects:,
.br
override_options:,
.br
rust_crate_type:,
.br
sources:,
.br
win_subsystem: \fB'console'\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Build a jar from the specified Java source files. Keyword arguments
are the same as \fIexecutable\fR's, with the addition of
`main_class` which specifies the main class to execute when running
the jar with `java -jar file.jar`.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtarget_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fBunique\fR name of the build target
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBsource\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Input source to compile. The following types are supported:

- Strings relative to the current source directory 
.br
- \fIfile\fR objects defined in any preceding build file 
.br
- The return value of configure-time generators such as \fIconfigure_file\fR 
.br
- The return value of build-time generators such as \fIcustom_target\fR or \fIgenerator.process\fR 

These input files can be sources, objects, libraries, or any other
file. Meson will automatically categorize them based on the extension
and use them accordingly. For instance, sources (`.c`, `.cpp`,
`.vala`, `.rs`, etc) will be compiled and objects (`.o`, `.obj`) and
libraries (`.so`, `.dll`, etc) will be linked.

With the Ninja backend, Meson will create a build-time \fIorder-only
dependency\fR[3] on
all generated input files, including unknown files. This is needed to
bootstrap the generation of the real dependencies in the
\fIdepfile\fR[4] generated
by your compiler to determine when to rebuild sources. Ninja relies on
this dependency file for all input files, generated and non-generated.
The behavior is similar for other backends.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fB<lang>_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
compiler flags to use for the given language;
eg: `cpp_args` for C++
.RE

\fB<lang>_pch\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
precompiled header file to use for the given language
.RE

\fBbuild_by_default\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Causes, when set to `true`, to have this target be built by default.
This means it will be built when `meson compile` is called without any
arguments. The default value is `true` for all built target types.
.RE

\fBbuild_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
A string to add to target's rpath definition in the build dir,
but which will be removed on install
.RE

\fBd_debug\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fID version identifiers\fR[5] to add
during the compilation of D source files.
.RE

\fBd_import_dirs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of directories to look in for string imports used in the D programming language.
.RE

\fBd_module_versions\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of module version identifiers set when compiling D sources.
.RE

\fBd_unittest\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, the D modules are compiled in debug mode.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIlist[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more dependency objects
created with
\fIdependency\fR or \fIcompiler.find_library\fR
(for external deps) or \fIdeclare_dependency\fR
(for deps built by the project)
.RE

\fBextra_files\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Not used for the build itself but are shown as source files in IDEs
that group files by targets (such as Visual Studio)
.RE

\fBgnu_symbol_visibility\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies how symbols should be exported, see
e.g \fIthe GCC Wiki\fR[6] for more
information. This value can either be an empty string or one of
`default`, `internal`, `hidden`, `protected` or `inlineshidden`, which
is the same as `hidden` but also includes things like C++ implicit
constructors as specified in the GCC manual. Ignored on compilers that
do not support GNU visibility arguments.
.RE

\fBgui_app\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, \fBdeprecated\fR since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
When set to true flags this target as a GUI application
on platforms where this makes a differerence, \fB\fRdeprecated\fB\fR since
0.56.0, use `win_subsystem` instead.
.RE

\fBimplicit_include_directories\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether Meson adds the current source and build directories to the include path
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIlist[inc | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more objects created with the \fIinclude_directories\fR function,
or \fB(since 0.50.0)\fR strings, which will be transparently expanded to include directory objects
.RE

\fBinstall\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, this executable should be installed.
.RE

\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
override install directory for this file. If the value is a relative path,
it will be considered relative the `prefix` option.
For example, if you want to install plugins into a subdir, you'd use
something like this: `install_dir : get_option('libdir') / 'projectname-1.0'`.
.RE

\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
Specify the file mode in symbolic format
and optionally the owner/uid and group/gid for the installed files.

See the `install_mode` kwarg of \fIinstall_data\fR for more information.
.RE

\fBinstall_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string to set the target's rpath to after install
(but \fBnot\fR before that). On Windows, this argument has no effect.
.RE

\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
A string used by the `meson install --tags` command
to install only a subset of the files. By default all build targets have the
tag `runtime` except for static libraries that have the `devel` tag.
.RE

\fBjava_resources\fR
\fIstructured_src\fR, since 0.62.0
.br
.RS 2
Resources to be added to the jar
.RE

\fBlink_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Flags to use during linking. You can use UNIX-style
flags here for all platforms.
.RE

\fBlink_depends\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Strings, files, or custom targets the link step depends on
such as a symbol visibility map. The purpose is to
automatically trigger a re-link (but not a re-compile) of the target
when this file changes.
.RE

\fBlink_language\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
Makes the linker for this target be for the specified language.
It is generally unnecessary to set
this, as Meson will detect the right linker to use in most cases. There are
only two cases where this is needed. One, your main function in an
executable is not in the language Meson picked, or second you want to force
a library to use only one ABI.

\fB(broken until 0.55.0)\fR
.RE

\fBlink_whole\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
Links all contents of the given static libraries
whether they are used by not, equivalent to the `-Wl,--whole-archive` argument flag of GCC.

\fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a list that list will be flattened.

\fB(since 0.51.0)\fR This argument also accepts outputs produced by
custom targets. The user must ensure that the output is a library in
the correct format.
.RE

\fBlink_with\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR
.br
.RS 2
One or more shared or static libraries
(built by this project) that this target should be linked with. \fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a
list this list will be flattened. \fB(since 0.51.0)\fR The arguments can also be custom targets.
In this case Meson will assume that merely adding the output file in the linker command
line is sufficient to make linking work. If this is not sufficient,
then the build system writer must write all other steps manually.
.RE

\fBmain_class\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
Main class for running the built jar
.RE

\fBname_prefix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the prefix for the
target output filename by overriding the default (only used for
libraries). By default this is `lib` on all platforms and compilers,
except for MSVC shared libraries where it is omitted to follow
convention, and Cygwin shared libraries where it is `cyg`.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBname_suffix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the extension for the
target by overriding the default. By default on Windows this is
`exe` for executables and on other platforms it is omitted.

For shared libraries, the default value
is `dylib` on macOS, `dll` on Windows, and `so` everywhere else.
For static libraries, it is `a` everywhere. By convention MSVC
static libraries use the `lib` suffix, but we use `a` to avoid a
potential name clash with shared libraries which also generate
import libraries with a `lib` suffix.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether the target is compiled for the build or host machines.
.RE

\fBobjects\fR
\fIlist[extracted_obj | file | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of object files that should be linked in this target.
These can include third party products you don't have source to,
or object files produced by other build targets.
.RE

\fBoverride_options\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
takes an array of strings in the same format as `project`'s `default_options`
overriding the values of these options
for this target only.
.RE

\fBrust_crate_type\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Set the specific type of rust crate to compile (when compiling rust).

If the target is an \fIexecutable\fR this defaults to "bin", the only
allowed value.

If it is a \fIstatic_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"staticlib", or "rlib". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a default, "staticlib"
means a C ABI library, "rlib" means a Rust ABI.

If it is a \fIshared_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"dylib", "cdylib", or "proc-macro". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a
default, "cdylib" means a C ABI library, "dylib" means a Rust ABI, and
"proc-macro" is a special rust proceedural macro crate.

"proc-macro" is new in 0.62.0.
.RE

\fBsources\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list | structured_src\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additional source files. Same as the source varargs.
.RE

\fBwin_subsystem\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'console', since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the subsystem type to use
on the Windows platform. Typical values include `console` for text
mode programs and `windows` for gui apps. The value can also contain
version specification such as `windows,6.0`. See \fIMSDN
documentation\fR[7]
for the full list.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS join_paths()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR join_paths(part...)

since 0.36.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Joins the given strings into a file system path segment. For example
`join_paths('foo', 'bar')` results in `foo/bar`. If any one of the
individual segments is an absolute path, all segments before it are
dropped. That means that `join_paths('foo', '/bar')` returns `/bar`.

\fB(since 0.49.0)\fR Using the `/` operator on strings is equivalent to calling
\fIjoin_paths\fR.
.RS 4
# res1 and res2 will have identical values
.br
res1 = join_paths(foo, bar)
.br
res2 = foo / bar
.br
.RE

.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBpart\fR
\fIstr\fR, 1...N times
.br
.RS 2
The path parts to join.
.RE

.RE
\fBWARNINGS\fR
.RS 4
Don't use \fIjoin_paths\fR for sources in \fIlibrary\fR and \fIexecutable\fR. You should use \fIfiles\fR instead.
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS library()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlib\fR library(
.br
.RS 4
target_name,
.br
source...,
.br
<lang>_args:,
.br
<lang>_pch:,
.br
build_by_default: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
build_rpath:,
.br
d_debug:,
.br
d_import_dirs:,
.br
d_module_versions:,
.br
d_unittest: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
darwin_versions:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
extra_files:,
.br
gnu_symbol_visibility:,
.br
gui_app: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
implicit_include_directories: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
install: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
install_dir:,
.br
install_mode:,
.br
install_rpath:,
.br
install_tag:,
.br
link_args:,
.br
link_depends:,
.br
link_language:,
.br
link_whole:,
.br
link_with:,
.br
name_prefix:,
.br
name_suffix:,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
objects:,
.br
override_options:,
.br
pic:,
.br
prelink:,
.br
rust_crate_type:,
.br
sources:,
.br
soversion:,
.br
version:,
.br
vs_module_defs:,
.br
win_subsystem: \fB'console'\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Builds a library that is either static, shared or both depending on
the value of `default_library`
user \fIoption\fR[21].
You should use this instead of \fIshared_library\fR,
\fIstatic_library\fR or
\fIboth_libraries\fR most of the time. This allows you
to toggle your entire project (including subprojects) from shared to
static with only one option. This option applies to libraries being
built internal to the entire project. For external dependencies, the
default library type preferred is shared. This can be adapted on a per
library basis using the \fIdependency\fR `static` keyword.

The keyword arguments for this are the same as for
\fIbuild_target\fR
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtarget_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fBunique\fR name of the build target
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBsource\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Input source to compile. The following types are supported:

- Strings relative to the current source directory 
.br
- \fIfile\fR objects defined in any preceding build file 
.br
- The return value of configure-time generators such as \fIconfigure_file\fR 
.br
- The return value of build-time generators such as \fIcustom_target\fR or \fIgenerator.process\fR 

These input files can be sources, objects, libraries, or any other
file. Meson will automatically categorize them based on the extension
and use them accordingly. For instance, sources (`.c`, `.cpp`,
`.vala`, `.rs`, etc) will be compiled and objects (`.o`, `.obj`) and
libraries (`.so`, `.dll`, etc) will be linked.

With the Ninja backend, Meson will create a build-time \fIorder-only
dependency\fR[3] on
all generated input files, including unknown files. This is needed to
bootstrap the generation of the real dependencies in the
\fIdepfile\fR[4] generated
by your compiler to determine when to rebuild sources. Ninja relies on
this dependency file for all input files, generated and non-generated.
The behavior is similar for other backends.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fB<lang>_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
compiler flags to use for the given language;
eg: `cpp_args` for C++
.RE

\fB<lang>_pch\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
precompiled header file to use for the given language
.RE

\fBbuild_by_default\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Causes, when set to `true`, to have this target be built by default.
This means it will be built when `meson compile` is called without any
arguments. The default value is `true` for all built target types.
.RE

\fBbuild_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
A string to add to target's rpath definition in the build dir,
but which will be removed on install
.RE

\fBd_debug\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fID version identifiers\fR[5] to add
during the compilation of D source files.
.RE

\fBd_import_dirs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of directories to look in for string imports used in the D programming language.
.RE

\fBd_module_versions\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of module version identifiers set when compiling D sources.
.RE

\fBd_unittest\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, the D modules are compiled in debug mode.
.RE

\fBdarwin_versions\fR
\fIstr | int | list[str]\fR, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
Defines the `compatibility version` and `current version` for the dylib on macOS.
If a list is specified, it must be
either zero, one, or two elements. If only one element is specified
or if it's not a list, the specified value will be used for setting
both compatibility version and current version. If unspecified, the
`soversion` will be used as per the aforementioned rules.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIlist[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more dependency objects
created with
\fIdependency\fR or \fIcompiler.find_library\fR
(for external deps) or \fIdeclare_dependency\fR
(for deps built by the project)
.RE

\fBextra_files\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Not used for the build itself but are shown as source files in IDEs
that group files by targets (such as Visual Studio)
.RE

\fBgnu_symbol_visibility\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies how symbols should be exported, see
e.g \fIthe GCC Wiki\fR[6] for more
information. This value can either be an empty string or one of
`default`, `internal`, `hidden`, `protected` or `inlineshidden`, which
is the same as `hidden` but also includes things like C++ implicit
constructors as specified in the GCC manual. Ignored on compilers that
do not support GNU visibility arguments.
.RE

\fBgui_app\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, \fBdeprecated\fR since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
When set to true flags this target as a GUI application
on platforms where this makes a differerence, \fB\fRdeprecated\fB\fR since
0.56.0, use `win_subsystem` instead.
.RE

\fBimplicit_include_directories\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether Meson adds the current source and build directories to the include path
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIlist[inc | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more objects created with the \fIinclude_directories\fR function,
or \fB(since 0.50.0)\fR strings, which will be transparently expanded to include directory objects
.RE

\fBinstall\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, this executable should be installed.
.RE

\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
override install directory for this file. If the value is a relative path,
it will be considered relative the `prefix` option.
For example, if you want to install plugins into a subdir, you'd use
something like this: `install_dir : get_option('libdir') / 'projectname-1.0'`.
.RE

\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
Specify the file mode in symbolic format
and optionally the owner/uid and group/gid for the installed files.

See the `install_mode` kwarg of \fIinstall_data\fR for more information.
.RE

\fBinstall_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string to set the target's rpath to after install
(but \fBnot\fR before that). On Windows, this argument has no effect.
.RE

\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
A string used by the `meson install --tags` command
to install only a subset of the files. By default all build targets have the
tag `runtime` except for static libraries that have the `devel` tag.
.RE

\fBlink_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Flags to use during linking. You can use UNIX-style
flags here for all platforms.
.RE

\fBlink_depends\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Strings, files, or custom targets the link step depends on
such as a symbol visibility map. The purpose is to
automatically trigger a re-link (but not a re-compile) of the target
when this file changes.
.RE

\fBlink_language\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
Makes the linker for this target be for the specified language.
It is generally unnecessary to set
this, as Meson will detect the right linker to use in most cases. There are
only two cases where this is needed. One, your main function in an
executable is not in the language Meson picked, or second you want to force
a library to use only one ABI.

\fB(broken until 0.55.0)\fR
.RE

\fBlink_whole\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
Links all contents of the given static libraries
whether they are used by not, equivalent to the `-Wl,--whole-archive` argument flag of GCC.

\fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a list that list will be flattened.

\fB(since 0.51.0)\fR This argument also accepts outputs produced by
custom targets. The user must ensure that the output is a library in
the correct format.
.RE

\fBlink_with\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR
.br
.RS 2
One or more shared or static libraries
(built by this project) that this target should be linked with. \fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a
list this list will be flattened. \fB(since 0.51.0)\fR The arguments can also be custom targets.
In this case Meson will assume that merely adding the output file in the linker command
line is sufficient to make linking work. If this is not sufficient,
then the build system writer must write all other steps manually.
.RE

\fBname_prefix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the prefix for the
target output filename by overriding the default (only used for
libraries). By default this is `lib` on all platforms and compilers,
except for MSVC shared libraries where it is omitted to follow
convention, and Cygwin shared libraries where it is `cyg`.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBname_suffix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the extension for the
target by overriding the default. By default on Windows this is
`exe` for executables and on other platforms it is omitted.

For shared libraries, the default value
is `dylib` on macOS, `dll` on Windows, and `so` everywhere else.
For static libraries, it is `a` everywhere. By convention MSVC
static libraries use the `lib` suffix, but we use `a` to avoid a
potential name clash with shared libraries which also generate
import libraries with a `lib` suffix.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether the target is compiled for the build or host machines.
.RE

\fBobjects\fR
\fIlist[extracted_obj | file | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of object files that should be linked in this target.
These can include third party products you don't have source to,
or object files produced by other build targets.
.RE

\fBoverride_options\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
takes an array of strings in the same format as `project`'s `default_options`
overriding the values of these options
for this target only.
.RE

\fBpic\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.36.0
.br
.RS 2
Builds the library as positional independent code
(so it can be linked into a shared library). This
option has no effect on Windows and OS X since it doesn't make
sense on Windows and PIC cannot be disabled on OS X.
.RE

\fBprelink\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.57.0
.br
.RS 2
If `true` the object files in the target will be prelinked,
meaning that it will contain only one prelinked
object file rather than the individual object files.
.RE

\fBrust_crate_type\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Set the specific type of rust crate to compile (when compiling rust).

If the target is an \fIexecutable\fR this defaults to "bin", the only
allowed value.

If it is a \fIstatic_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"staticlib", or "rlib". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a default, "staticlib"
means a C ABI library, "rlib" means a Rust ABI.

If it is a \fIshared_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"dylib", "cdylib", or "proc-macro". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a
default, "cdylib" means a C ABI library, "dylib" means a Rust ABI, and
"proc-macro" is a special rust proceedural macro crate.

"proc-macro" is new in 0.62.0.
.RE

\fBsources\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list | structured_src\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additional source files. Same as the source varargs.
.RE

\fBsoversion\fR
\fIstr | int\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string or integer specifying the soversion of this shared library,
such as `0`. On Linux and Windows this is used to set the
soversion (or equivalent) in the filename. For example, if
`soversion` is `4`, a Windows DLL will be called `foo-4.dll` and one
of the aliases of the Linux shared library would be
`libfoo.so.4`. If this is not specified, the first part of `version`
is used instead (see below). For example, if `version` is `3.6.0` and
`soversion` is not defined, it is set to `3`.
.RE

\fBversion\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string specifying the version of this shared library,
such as `1.1.0`. On Linux and OS X, this is used to set the shared
library version in the filename, such as `libfoo.so.1.1.0` and
`libfoo.1.1.0.dylib`. If this is not specified, `soversion` is used
instead (see above).
.RE

\fBvs_module_defs\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Specify a Microsoft module definition file for controlling symbol exports,
etc., on platforms where that is possible (e.g. Windows).
.RE

\fBwin_subsystem\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'console', since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the subsystem type to use
on the Windows platform. Typical values include `console` for text
mode programs and `windows` for gui apps. The value can also contain
version specification such as `windows,6.0`. See \fIMSDN
documentation\fR[7]
for the full list.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS message()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR message(text, more_text...)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
This function prints its argument to stdout.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtext\fR
\fIstr | int | bool | list[str | int | bool] | dict[str | int | bool]\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The message to print.
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBmore_text\fR
\fIstr | int | bool | list[str | int | bool] | dict[str | int | bool]\fR, 0...N times, since 0.54.0
.br
.RS 2
Additional text that will be printed separated by spaces.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS project()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR project(
.br
.RS 4
project_name,
.br
language...,
.br
default_options:,
.br
license:,
.br
meson_version:,
.br
subproject_dir: \fB'subprojects'\fR,
.br
version:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
The first function called in each project, to initialize Meson.

The first argument to this function must be a string defining the name
of this project.

The project name can be any string you want, it's not used for
anything except descriptive purposes. However since it is written to
e.g. the dependency manifest is usually makes sense to have it be the
same as the project tarball or pkg-config name. So for example you
would probably want to use the name _libfoobar_ instead of _The Foobar
Library_.

It may be followed by the list of programming languages that the project uses.

\fB(since 0.40.0)\fR The list of languages is optional.

These languages may be used both for `native: false` (the default)
(host machine) targets and for `native: true` (build machine) targets.
\fB(since 0.56.0)\fR The build machine compilers for the specified
languages are not required.

Supported values for languages are `c`, `cpp` (for `C++`), `cuda`, `d`,
`objc`, `objcpp`, `fortran`, `java`, `cs` (for `C#`), `vala` and `rust`.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBproject_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the project.
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBlanguage\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The languages that Meson should initialize.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdefault_options\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Accecpts strings in the form `key=value`
which have the same format as options to `meson configure`.
For example to set the default project type you would
set this: `default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized']`. Note
that these settings are only used when running Meson for the first
time. Global options such as `buildtype` can only be specified in
the master project, settings in subprojects are ignored. Project
specific options are used normally even in subprojects.
.RE

\fBlicense\fR
\fIstr | list[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Takes a string or array of strings describing the license(s) the code is under.

This \fBshould\fR be an \fISPDX license expression\fR[22],
using the standardized license identifier from the \fISPDX license
list\fR[23].  Usually this would be something like
`license : 'GPL-2.0-or-later'`. If there are multiple licenses you can use the
`AND` and `OR` operators to join them: `license : 'Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0'`.

For backwards compatibility reasons you can also pass an array of
licenses here. This is not recommended, as it is ambiguous: `license :
['Apache-2.0', 'GPL-2.0-only']` instead use an SPDX espression: `license
: 'Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-only'`, which makes it clear that the license
mean OR, not AND.

Note that the text is informal and is only written to the dependency
manifest. Meson does not do any license validation, you are responsible
for verifying that you abide by all licensing terms. You can access the
value in your Meson build files with `meson.project_license()`.
.RE

\fBmeson_version\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
Takes a string describing which Meson version the project requires.
Usually something like `>=0.28.0`.
.RE

\fBsubproject_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'subprojects'
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the top level directory name that holds Meson subprojects.
This is only meant as a compatibility option
for existing code bases that house their embedded source code in a
custom directory. All new projects should not set this but instead
use the default value. It should be noted that this keyword
argument is ignored inside subprojects. There can be only one
subproject dir and it is set in the top level Meson file.
.RE

\fBversion\fR
\fIstr | file\fR
.br
.RS 2
A free form string describing the version of this project.
You can access the value in your Meson build files
with \fImeson.project_version\fR. \fB(Since 0.57.0)\fR this can also be a
\fIfile\fR object pointing to a file that contains exactly one line of
text.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS range()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIrange\fR range([start], [stop], [step])

since 0.58.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Return an opaque object that can be only be used in `foreach` statements.

<pre><code class="language-meson">\fIrange\fR range(\fIint\fR <b>stop</b>)
\fIrange\fR range(\fIint\fR <b>start</b>, \fIint\fR <b>stop</b>[, \fIint\fR <b>step</b>])</code></pre>

- `start` must be integer greater or equal to 0. Defaults to 0. 
.br
- `stop` must be integer greater or equal to `start`. 
.br
- `step` must be integer greater or equal to 1. Defaults to 1. 

It cause the `foreach` loop to be called with the value from `start` included
to `stop` excluded with an increment of `step` after each loop.
.RE

\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBstart\fR
\fIint\fR, default: 0
.br
.RS 2
The start of the range
.RE

\fBstop\fR
\fIint\fR
.br
.RS 2
The end of the range
.RE

\fBstep\fR
\fIint\fR, default: 1
.br
.RS 2
The loop increment
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
# Loop 15 times with i from 0 to 14 included.
.br
foreach i : range(15)
.br
  ...
.br
endforeach
.br
.RE
The range object can also be assigned to a variable and indexed.
.RS 4
r = range(5, 10, 2)
.br
assert(r[2] == 9)
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS run_command()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIrunresult\fR run_command(
.br
.RS 4
command...,
.br
capture: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
check: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
env:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Runs the command specified in positional arguments. `command` can be a
string, or the output of \fIfind_program\fR,
\fIfiles\fR or \fIconfigure_file\fR, or \fIa
compiler object\fR.

Returns a \fIrunresult\fR object containing the result
of the invocation. The command is run from an \fBunspecified\fR directory,
and Meson will set three environment variables `MESON_SOURCE_ROOT`,
`MESON_BUILD_ROOT` and `MESON_SUBDIR` that specify the source
directory, build directory and subdirectory the target was defined in,
respectively.

See also \fIExternal commands\fR[24].
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBcommand\fR
\fIstr | file | external_program\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The command to execute during the setup process.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBcapture\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
If `true`, any output generated on stdout will be captured and returned by
the `.stdout()` method. If it is false, then `.stdout()` will return an
empty string.
.RE

\fBcheck\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
If `true`, the exit status code of the command will be checked,
and the configuration will fail if it is non-zero. Note that
the default value will be `true` in future releases.
.RE

\fBenv\fR
\fIenv | list[str] | dict[str]\fR, since 0.50.0
.br
.RS 2
environment variables to set,
such as `['NAME1=value1', 'NAME2=value2']`,
or an \fIenv\fR object which allows more sophisticated
environment juggling. \fB(Since 0.52.0)\fR A dictionary is also accepted.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS run_target()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIrun_tgt\fR run_target(target_name, command:, depends:, env:)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
This function creates a new top-level target that runs a specified
command with the specified arguments. Like all top-level targets, this
integrates with the selected backend. For instance, you can run it as
`meson compile target_name`. Note that a run target produces no output
as far as Meson is concerned. It is only meant for tasks such as
running a code formatter or flashing an external device's firmware
with a built file.

The command is run from an \fBunspecified\fR directory, and Meson will set
three environment variables `MESON_SOURCE_ROOT`, `MESON_BUILD_ROOT`
and `MESON_SUBDIR` that specify the source directory, build directory
and subdirectory the target was defined in, respectively.

\fBSince 0.57.0\fR The template strings passed to `command` keyword arguments accept
the following special substitutions:
- `@SOURCE_ROOT@`: the path to the root of the source tree. Depending on the backend, this may be an absolute or a relative to current workdir path. 
.br
- `@BUILD_ROOT@`: the path to the root of the build tree. Depending on the backend, this may be an absolute or a relative to current workdir path. 
.br
- `@CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@` \fBSince 0.57.1\fR: this is the directory where the currently processed meson.build is located in. Depending on the backend, this may be an absolute or a relative to current workdir path. 
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtarget_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the run target
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBcommand\fR
\fIlist[exe| external_program | custom_tgt | file | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
A list containing the command to run and the arguments
to pass to it. Each list item may be a string or a target. For
instance, passing the return value of \fIexecutable\fR
as the first item will run that executable, or passing a string as
the first item will find that command in `PATH` and run it.
.RE

\fBdepends\fR
\fIlist[build_tgt | custom_tgt]\fR
.br
.RS 2
A list of targets that this target depends on but which
are not listed in the command array (because, for example, the
script does file globbing internally)
.RE

\fBenv\fR
\fIenv | list[str] | dict[str]\fR, since 0.57.0
.br
.RS 2
environment variables to set, such as
`{'NAME1': 'value1', 'NAME2': 'value2'}` or `['NAME1=value1', 'NAME2=value2']`,
or an \fIenv\fR object which allows more sophisticated environment juggling.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS set_variable()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR set_variable(variable_name, value)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Assigns a value to the given variable name. Calling
`set_variable('foo', bar)` is equivalent to `foo = bar`.

\fB(since 0.46.1)\fR The `value` parameter can be an array type.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvariable_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the variable to set
.RE

\fBvalue\fR
\fIany\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The value to set the variable to
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS shared_library()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlib\fR shared_library(
.br
.RS 4
target_name,
.br
source...,
.br
<lang>_args:,
.br
<lang>_pch:,
.br
build_by_default: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
build_rpath:,
.br
d_debug:,
.br
d_import_dirs:,
.br
d_module_versions:,
.br
d_unittest: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
darwin_versions:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
extra_files:,
.br
gnu_symbol_visibility:,
.br
gui_app: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
implicit_include_directories: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
install: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
install_dir:,
.br
install_mode:,
.br
install_rpath:,
.br
install_tag:,
.br
link_args:,
.br
link_depends:,
.br
link_language:,
.br
link_whole:,
.br
link_with:,
.br
name_prefix:,
.br
name_suffix:,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
objects:,
.br
override_options:,
.br
rust_crate_type:,
.br
sources:,
.br
soversion:,
.br
version:,
.br
vs_module_defs:,
.br
win_subsystem: \fB'console'\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Builds a shared library with the given sources.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtarget_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fBunique\fR name of the build target
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBsource\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Input source to compile. The following types are supported:

- Strings relative to the current source directory 
.br
- \fIfile\fR objects defined in any preceding build file 
.br
- The return value of configure-time generators such as \fIconfigure_file\fR 
.br
- The return value of build-time generators such as \fIcustom_target\fR or \fIgenerator.process\fR 

These input files can be sources, objects, libraries, or any other
file. Meson will automatically categorize them based on the extension
and use them accordingly. For instance, sources (`.c`, `.cpp`,
`.vala`, `.rs`, etc) will be compiled and objects (`.o`, `.obj`) and
libraries (`.so`, `.dll`, etc) will be linked.

With the Ninja backend, Meson will create a build-time \fIorder-only
dependency\fR[3] on
all generated input files, including unknown files. This is needed to
bootstrap the generation of the real dependencies in the
\fIdepfile\fR[4] generated
by your compiler to determine when to rebuild sources. Ninja relies on
this dependency file for all input files, generated and non-generated.
The behavior is similar for other backends.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fB<lang>_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
compiler flags to use for the given language;
eg: `cpp_args` for C++
.RE

\fB<lang>_pch\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
precompiled header file to use for the given language
.RE

\fBbuild_by_default\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Causes, when set to `true`, to have this target be built by default.
This means it will be built when `meson compile` is called without any
arguments. The default value is `true` for all built target types.
.RE

\fBbuild_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
A string to add to target's rpath definition in the build dir,
but which will be removed on install
.RE

\fBd_debug\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fID version identifiers\fR[5] to add
during the compilation of D source files.
.RE

\fBd_import_dirs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of directories to look in for string imports used in the D programming language.
.RE

\fBd_module_versions\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of module version identifiers set when compiling D sources.
.RE

\fBd_unittest\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, the D modules are compiled in debug mode.
.RE

\fBdarwin_versions\fR
\fIstr | int | list[str]\fR, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
Defines the `compatibility version` and `current version` for the dylib on macOS.
If a list is specified, it must be
either zero, one, or two elements. If only one element is specified
or if it's not a list, the specified value will be used for setting
both compatibility version and current version. If unspecified, the
`soversion` will be used as per the aforementioned rules.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIlist[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more dependency objects
created with
\fIdependency\fR or \fIcompiler.find_library\fR
(for external deps) or \fIdeclare_dependency\fR
(for deps built by the project)
.RE

\fBextra_files\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Not used for the build itself but are shown as source files in IDEs
that group files by targets (such as Visual Studio)
.RE

\fBgnu_symbol_visibility\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies how symbols should be exported, see
e.g \fIthe GCC Wiki\fR[6] for more
information. This value can either be an empty string or one of
`default`, `internal`, `hidden`, `protected` or `inlineshidden`, which
is the same as `hidden` but also includes things like C++ implicit
constructors as specified in the GCC manual. Ignored on compilers that
do not support GNU visibility arguments.
.RE

\fBgui_app\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, \fBdeprecated\fR since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
When set to true flags this target as a GUI application
on platforms where this makes a differerence, \fB\fRdeprecated\fB\fR since
0.56.0, use `win_subsystem` instead.
.RE

\fBimplicit_include_directories\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether Meson adds the current source and build directories to the include path
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIlist[inc | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more objects created with the \fIinclude_directories\fR function,
or \fB(since 0.50.0)\fR strings, which will be transparently expanded to include directory objects
.RE

\fBinstall\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, this executable should be installed.
.RE

\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
override install directory for this file. If the value is a relative path,
it will be considered relative the `prefix` option.
For example, if you want to install plugins into a subdir, you'd use
something like this: `install_dir : get_option('libdir') / 'projectname-1.0'`.
.RE

\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
Specify the file mode in symbolic format
and optionally the owner/uid and group/gid for the installed files.

See the `install_mode` kwarg of \fIinstall_data\fR for more information.
.RE

\fBinstall_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string to set the target's rpath to after install
(but \fBnot\fR before that). On Windows, this argument has no effect.
.RE

\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
A string used by the `meson install --tags` command
to install only a subset of the files. By default all build targets have the
tag `runtime` except for static libraries that have the `devel` tag.
.RE

\fBlink_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Flags to use during linking. You can use UNIX-style
flags here for all platforms.
.RE

\fBlink_depends\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Strings, files, or custom targets the link step depends on
such as a symbol visibility map. The purpose is to
automatically trigger a re-link (but not a re-compile) of the target
when this file changes.
.RE

\fBlink_language\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
Makes the linker for this target be for the specified language.
It is generally unnecessary to set
this, as Meson will detect the right linker to use in most cases. There are
only two cases where this is needed. One, your main function in an
executable is not in the language Meson picked, or second you want to force
a library to use only one ABI.

\fB(broken until 0.55.0)\fR
.RE

\fBlink_whole\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
Links all contents of the given static libraries
whether they are used by not, equivalent to the `-Wl,--whole-archive` argument flag of GCC.

\fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a list that list will be flattened.

\fB(since 0.51.0)\fR This argument also accepts outputs produced by
custom targets. The user must ensure that the output is a library in
the correct format.
.RE

\fBlink_with\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR
.br
.RS 2
One or more shared or static libraries
(built by this project) that this target should be linked with. \fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a
list this list will be flattened. \fB(since 0.51.0)\fR The arguments can also be custom targets.
In this case Meson will assume that merely adding the output file in the linker command
line is sufficient to make linking work. If this is not sufficient,
then the build system writer must write all other steps manually.
.RE

\fBname_prefix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the prefix for the
target output filename by overriding the default (only used for
libraries). By default this is `lib` on all platforms and compilers,
except for MSVC shared libraries where it is omitted to follow
convention, and Cygwin shared libraries where it is `cyg`.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBname_suffix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the extension for the
target by overriding the default. By default on Windows this is
`exe` for executables and on other platforms it is omitted.

For shared libraries, the default value
is `dylib` on macOS, `dll` on Windows, and `so` everywhere else.
For static libraries, it is `a` everywhere. By convention MSVC
static libraries use the `lib` suffix, but we use `a` to avoid a
potential name clash with shared libraries which also generate
import libraries with a `lib` suffix.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether the target is compiled for the build or host machines.
.RE

\fBobjects\fR
\fIlist[extracted_obj | file | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of object files that should be linked in this target.
These can include third party products you don't have source to,
or object files produced by other build targets.
.RE

\fBoverride_options\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
takes an array of strings in the same format as `project`'s `default_options`
overriding the values of these options
for this target only.
.RE

\fBrust_crate_type\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Set the specific type of rust crate to compile (when compiling rust).

If the target is an \fIexecutable\fR this defaults to "bin", the only
allowed value.

If it is a \fIstatic_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"staticlib", or "rlib". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a default, "staticlib"
means a C ABI library, "rlib" means a Rust ABI.

If it is a \fIshared_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"dylib", "cdylib", or "proc-macro". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a
default, "cdylib" means a C ABI library, "dylib" means a Rust ABI, and
"proc-macro" is a special rust proceedural macro crate.

"proc-macro" is new in 0.62.0.
.RE

\fBsources\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list | structured_src\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additional source files. Same as the source varargs.
.RE

\fBsoversion\fR
\fIstr | int\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string or integer specifying the soversion of this shared library,
such as `0`. On Linux and Windows this is used to set the
soversion (or equivalent) in the filename. For example, if
`soversion` is `4`, a Windows DLL will be called `foo-4.dll` and one
of the aliases of the Linux shared library would be
`libfoo.so.4`. If this is not specified, the first part of `version`
is used instead (see below). For example, if `version` is `3.6.0` and
`soversion` is not defined, it is set to `3`.
.RE

\fBversion\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string specifying the version of this shared library,
such as `1.1.0`. On Linux and OS X, this is used to set the shared
library version in the filename, such as `libfoo.so.1.1.0` and
`libfoo.1.1.0.dylib`. If this is not specified, `soversion` is used
instead (see above).
.RE

\fBvs_module_defs\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Specify a Microsoft module definition file for controlling symbol exports,
etc., on platforms where that is possible (e.g. Windows).
.RE

\fBwin_subsystem\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'console', since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the subsystem type to use
on the Windows platform. Typical values include `console` for text
mode programs and `windows` for gui apps. The value can also contain
version specification such as `windows,6.0`. See \fIMSDN
documentation\fR[7]
for the full list.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS shared_module()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbuild_tgt\fR shared_module(
.br
.RS 4
target_name,
.br
source...,
.br
<lang>_args:,
.br
<lang>_pch:,
.br
build_by_default: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
build_rpath:,
.br
d_debug:,
.br
d_import_dirs:,
.br
d_module_versions:,
.br
d_unittest: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
extra_files:,
.br
gnu_symbol_visibility:,
.br
gui_app: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
implicit_include_directories: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
install: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
install_dir:,
.br
install_mode:,
.br
install_rpath:,
.br
install_tag:,
.br
link_args:,
.br
link_depends:,
.br
link_language:,
.br
link_whole:,
.br
link_with:,
.br
name_prefix:,
.br
name_suffix:,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
objects:,
.br
override_options:,
.br
rust_crate_type:,
.br
sources:,
.br
vs_module_defs:,
.br
win_subsystem: \fB'console'\fR,
.br
.RE
)

since 0.37.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Builds a shared module with the given sources.

This is useful for building modules that will be `dlopen()`ed and
hence may contain undefined symbols that will be provided by the
library that is loading it.

If you want the shared module to be able to refer to functions and
variables defined in the \fIexecutable\fR it is loaded by,
you will need to set the `export_dynamic` argument of the executable to
`true`.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtarget_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fBunique\fR name of the build target
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBsource\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Input source to compile. The following types are supported:

- Strings relative to the current source directory 
.br
- \fIfile\fR objects defined in any preceding build file 
.br
- The return value of configure-time generators such as \fIconfigure_file\fR 
.br
- The return value of build-time generators such as \fIcustom_target\fR or \fIgenerator.process\fR 

These input files can be sources, objects, libraries, or any other
file. Meson will automatically categorize them based on the extension
and use them accordingly. For instance, sources (`.c`, `.cpp`,
`.vala`, `.rs`, etc) will be compiled and objects (`.o`, `.obj`) and
libraries (`.so`, `.dll`, etc) will be linked.

With the Ninja backend, Meson will create a build-time \fIorder-only
dependency\fR[3] on
all generated input files, including unknown files. This is needed to
bootstrap the generation of the real dependencies in the
\fIdepfile\fR[4] generated
by your compiler to determine when to rebuild sources. Ninja relies on
this dependency file for all input files, generated and non-generated.
The behavior is similar for other backends.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fB<lang>_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
compiler flags to use for the given language;
eg: `cpp_args` for C++
.RE

\fB<lang>_pch\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
precompiled header file to use for the given language
.RE

\fBbuild_by_default\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Causes, when set to `true`, to have this target be built by default.
This means it will be built when `meson compile` is called without any
arguments. The default value is `true` for all built target types.
.RE

\fBbuild_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
A string to add to target's rpath definition in the build dir,
but which will be removed on install
.RE

\fBd_debug\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fID version identifiers\fR[5] to add
during the compilation of D source files.
.RE

\fBd_import_dirs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of directories to look in for string imports used in the D programming language.
.RE

\fBd_module_versions\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of module version identifiers set when compiling D sources.
.RE

\fBd_unittest\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, the D modules are compiled in debug mode.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIlist[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more dependency objects
created with
\fIdependency\fR or \fIcompiler.find_library\fR
(for external deps) or \fIdeclare_dependency\fR
(for deps built by the project)
.RE

\fBextra_files\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Not used for the build itself but are shown as source files in IDEs
that group files by targets (such as Visual Studio)
.RE

\fBgnu_symbol_visibility\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies how symbols should be exported, see
e.g \fIthe GCC Wiki\fR[6] for more
information. This value can either be an empty string or one of
`default`, `internal`, `hidden`, `protected` or `inlineshidden`, which
is the same as `hidden` but also includes things like C++ implicit
constructors as specified in the GCC manual. Ignored on compilers that
do not support GNU visibility arguments.
.RE

\fBgui_app\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, \fBdeprecated\fR since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
When set to true flags this target as a GUI application
on platforms where this makes a differerence, \fB\fRdeprecated\fB\fR since
0.56.0, use `win_subsystem` instead.
.RE

\fBimplicit_include_directories\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether Meson adds the current source and build directories to the include path
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIlist[inc | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more objects created with the \fIinclude_directories\fR function,
or \fB(since 0.50.0)\fR strings, which will be transparently expanded to include directory objects
.RE

\fBinstall\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, this executable should be installed.
.RE

\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
override install directory for this file. If the value is a relative path,
it will be considered relative the `prefix` option.
For example, if you want to install plugins into a subdir, you'd use
something like this: `install_dir : get_option('libdir') / 'projectname-1.0'`.
.RE

\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
Specify the file mode in symbolic format
and optionally the owner/uid and group/gid for the installed files.

See the `install_mode` kwarg of \fIinstall_data\fR for more information.
.RE

\fBinstall_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string to set the target's rpath to after install
(but \fBnot\fR before that). On Windows, this argument has no effect.
.RE

\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
A string used by the `meson install --tags` command
to install only a subset of the files. By default all build targets have the
tag `runtime` except for static libraries that have the `devel` tag.
.RE

\fBlink_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Flags to use during linking. You can use UNIX-style
flags here for all platforms.
.RE

\fBlink_depends\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Strings, files, or custom targets the link step depends on
such as a symbol visibility map. The purpose is to
automatically trigger a re-link (but not a re-compile) of the target
when this file changes.
.RE

\fBlink_language\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
Makes the linker for this target be for the specified language.
It is generally unnecessary to set
this, as Meson will detect the right linker to use in most cases. There are
only two cases where this is needed. One, your main function in an
executable is not in the language Meson picked, or second you want to force
a library to use only one ABI.

\fB(broken until 0.55.0)\fR
.RE

\fBlink_whole\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
Links all contents of the given static libraries
whether they are used by not, equivalent to the `-Wl,--whole-archive` argument flag of GCC.

\fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a list that list will be flattened.

\fB(since 0.51.0)\fR This argument also accepts outputs produced by
custom targets. The user must ensure that the output is a library in
the correct format.
.RE

\fBlink_with\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR
.br
.RS 2
One or more shared or static libraries
(built by this project) that this target should be linked with. \fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a
list this list will be flattened. \fB(since 0.51.0)\fR The arguments can also be custom targets.
In this case Meson will assume that merely adding the output file in the linker command
line is sufficient to make linking work. If this is not sufficient,
then the build system writer must write all other steps manually.
.RE

\fBname_prefix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the prefix for the
target output filename by overriding the default (only used for
libraries). By default this is `lib` on all platforms and compilers,
except for MSVC shared libraries where it is omitted to follow
convention, and Cygwin shared libraries where it is `cyg`.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBname_suffix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the extension for the
target by overriding the default. By default on Windows this is
`exe` for executables and on other platforms it is omitted.

For shared libraries, the default value
is `dylib` on macOS, `dll` on Windows, and `so` everywhere else.
For static libraries, it is `a` everywhere. By convention MSVC
static libraries use the `lib` suffix, but we use `a` to avoid a
potential name clash with shared libraries which also generate
import libraries with a `lib` suffix.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether the target is compiled for the build or host machines.
.RE

\fBobjects\fR
\fIlist[extracted_obj | file | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of object files that should be linked in this target.
These can include third party products you don't have source to,
or object files produced by other build targets.
.RE

\fBoverride_options\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
takes an array of strings in the same format as `project`'s `default_options`
overriding the values of these options
for this target only.
.RE

\fBrust_crate_type\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Set the specific type of rust crate to compile (when compiling rust).

If the target is an \fIexecutable\fR this defaults to "bin", the only
allowed value.

If it is a \fIstatic_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"staticlib", or "rlib". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a default, "staticlib"
means a C ABI library, "rlib" means a Rust ABI.

If it is a \fIshared_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"dylib", "cdylib", or "proc-macro". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a
default, "cdylib" means a C ABI library, "dylib" means a Rust ABI, and
"proc-macro" is a special rust proceedural macro crate.

"proc-macro" is new in 0.62.0.
.RE

\fBsources\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list | structured_src\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additional source files. Same as the source varargs.
.RE

\fBvs_module_defs\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR, since 0.52.0
.br
.RS 2
Specify a Microsoft module definition file for controlling symbol exports,
etc., on platforms where that is possible (e.g. Windows).
.RE

\fBwin_subsystem\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'console', since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the subsystem type to use
on the Windows platform. Typical values include `console` for text
mode programs and `windows` for gui apps. The value can also contain
version specification such as `windows,6.0`. See \fIMSDN
documentation\fR[7]
for the full list.
.RE

.RE
\fBNOTES\fR
.RS 4
*Linking to a shared module on platforms other than Android is deprecated, and will be an error
in the future*.
It was previously allowed because it was the only way to have a shared-library-like target that
contained references to undefined symbols. However, since 0.40.0, the `override_options:`
\fIbuild_target\fR keyword argument can be used to create such a \fIshared_library\fR by passing
`override_options: 'b_lundef=false'`. Shared modules have other characteristics that make
them incompatible with linking, such as a lack of SONAME.
On macOS and iOS, linking to shared modules is disallowed by the linker, so we disallow it at
configure time.
On Android, if a shared module `foo` uses symbols from another shared module `bar`, `foo` must
also be linked to `bar`. Hence, linking one shared module to another will always be allowed when
building for Android.
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS static_library()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlib\fR static_library(
.br
.RS 4
target_name,
.br
source...,
.br
<lang>_args:,
.br
<lang>_pch:,
.br
build_by_default: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
build_rpath:,
.br
d_debug:,
.br
d_import_dirs:,
.br
d_module_versions:,
.br
d_unittest: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
extra_files:,
.br
gnu_symbol_visibility:,
.br
gui_app: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
implicit_include_directories: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
install: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
install_dir:,
.br
install_mode:,
.br
install_rpath:,
.br
install_tag:,
.br
link_args:,
.br
link_depends:,
.br
link_language:,
.br
link_whole:,
.br
link_with:,
.br
name_prefix:,
.br
name_suffix:,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
objects:,
.br
override_options:,
.br
pic:,
.br
prelink:,
.br
rust_crate_type:,
.br
sources:,
.br
win_subsystem: \fB'console'\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Builds a static library with the given sources.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtarget_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fBunique\fR name of the build target
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBsource\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Input source to compile. The following types are supported:

- Strings relative to the current source directory 
.br
- \fIfile\fR objects defined in any preceding build file 
.br
- The return value of configure-time generators such as \fIconfigure_file\fR 
.br
- The return value of build-time generators such as \fIcustom_target\fR or \fIgenerator.process\fR 

These input files can be sources, objects, libraries, or any other
file. Meson will automatically categorize them based on the extension
and use them accordingly. For instance, sources (`.c`, `.cpp`,
`.vala`, `.rs`, etc) will be compiled and objects (`.o`, `.obj`) and
libraries (`.so`, `.dll`, etc) will be linked.

With the Ninja backend, Meson will create a build-time \fIorder-only
dependency\fR[3] on
all generated input files, including unknown files. This is needed to
bootstrap the generation of the real dependencies in the
\fIdepfile\fR[4] generated
by your compiler to determine when to rebuild sources. Ninja relies on
this dependency file for all input files, generated and non-generated.
The behavior is similar for other backends.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fB<lang>_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
compiler flags to use for the given language;
eg: `cpp_args` for C++
.RE

\fB<lang>_pch\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
precompiled header file to use for the given language
.RE

\fBbuild_by_default\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Causes, when set to `true`, to have this target be built by default.
This means it will be built when `meson compile` is called without any
arguments. The default value is `true` for all built target types.
.RE

\fBbuild_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
A string to add to target's rpath definition in the build dir,
but which will be removed on install
.RE

\fBd_debug\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fID version identifiers\fR[5] to add
during the compilation of D source files.
.RE

\fBd_import_dirs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of directories to look in for string imports used in the D programming language.
.RE

\fBd_module_versions\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of module version identifiers set when compiling D sources.
.RE

\fBd_unittest\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, the D modules are compiled in debug mode.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIlist[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more dependency objects
created with
\fIdependency\fR or \fIcompiler.find_library\fR
(for external deps) or \fIdeclare_dependency\fR
(for deps built by the project)
.RE

\fBextra_files\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Not used for the build itself but are shown as source files in IDEs
that group files by targets (such as Visual Studio)
.RE

\fBgnu_symbol_visibility\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies how symbols should be exported, see
e.g \fIthe GCC Wiki\fR[6] for more
information. This value can either be an empty string or one of
`default`, `internal`, `hidden`, `protected` or `inlineshidden`, which
is the same as `hidden` but also includes things like C++ implicit
constructors as specified in the GCC manual. Ignored on compilers that
do not support GNU visibility arguments.
.RE

\fBgui_app\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, \fBdeprecated\fR since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
When set to true flags this target as a GUI application
on platforms where this makes a differerence, \fB\fRdeprecated\fB\fR since
0.56.0, use `win_subsystem` instead.
.RE

\fBimplicit_include_directories\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether Meson adds the current source and build directories to the include path
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIlist[inc | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
one or more objects created with the \fIinclude_directories\fR function,
or \fB(since 0.50.0)\fR strings, which will be transparently expanded to include directory objects
.RE

\fBinstall\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to true, this executable should be installed.
.RE

\fBinstall_dir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
override install directory for this file. If the value is a relative path,
it will be considered relative the `prefix` option.
For example, if you want to install plugins into a subdir, you'd use
something like this: `install_dir : get_option('libdir') / 'projectname-1.0'`.
.RE

\fBinstall_mode\fR
\fIlist[str | int]\fR, since 0.47.0
.br
.RS 2
Specify the file mode in symbolic format
and optionally the owner/uid and group/gid for the installed files.

See the `install_mode` kwarg of \fIinstall_data\fR for more information.
.RE

\fBinstall_rpath\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
A string to set the target's rpath to after install
(but \fBnot\fR before that). On Windows, this argument has no effect.
.RE

\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
A string used by the `meson install --tags` command
to install only a subset of the files. By default all build targets have the
tag `runtime` except for static libraries that have the `devel` tag.
.RE

\fBlink_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Flags to use during linking. You can use UNIX-style
flags here for all platforms.
.RE

\fBlink_depends\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR
.br
.RS 2
Strings, files, or custom targets the link step depends on
such as a symbol visibility map. The purpose is to
automatically trigger a re-link (but not a re-compile) of the target
when this file changes.
.RE

\fBlink_language\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
Makes the linker for this target be for the specified language.
It is generally unnecessary to set
this, as Meson will detect the right linker to use in most cases. There are
only two cases where this is needed. One, your main function in an
executable is not in the language Meson picked, or second you want to force
a library to use only one ABI.

\fB(broken until 0.55.0)\fR
.RE

\fBlink_whole\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
Links all contents of the given static libraries
whether they are used by not, equivalent to the `-Wl,--whole-archive` argument flag of GCC.

\fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a list that list will be flattened.

\fB(since 0.51.0)\fR This argument also accepts outputs produced by
custom targets. The user must ensure that the output is a library in
the correct format.
.RE

\fBlink_with\fR
\fIlist[lib | custom_tgt | custom_idx]\fR
.br
.RS 2
One or more shared or static libraries
(built by this project) that this target should be linked with. \fB(since 0.41.0)\fR If passed a
list this list will be flattened. \fB(since 0.51.0)\fR The arguments can also be custom targets.
In this case Meson will assume that merely adding the output file in the linker command
line is sufficient to make linking work. If this is not sufficient,
then the build system writer must write all other steps manually.
.RE

\fBname_prefix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the prefix for the
target output filename by overriding the default (only used for
libraries). By default this is `lib` on all platforms and compilers,
except for MSVC shared libraries where it is omitted to follow
convention, and Cygwin shared libraries where it is `cyg`.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBname_suffix\fR
\fIstr | list[void]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string that will be used as the extension for the
target by overriding the default. By default on Windows this is
`exe` for executables and on other platforms it is omitted.

For shared libraries, the default value
is `dylib` on macOS, `dll` on Windows, and `so` everywhere else.
For static libraries, it is `a` everywhere. By convention MSVC
static libraries use the `lib` suffix, but we use `a` to avoid a
potential name clash with shared libraries which also generate
import libraries with a `lib` suffix.

Set this to `[]`, or omit the keyword argument for the default behaviour.
.RE

\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Controls whether the target is compiled for the build or host machines.
.RE

\fBobjects\fR
\fIlist[extracted_obj | file | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
List of object files that should be linked in this target.
These can include third party products you don't have source to,
or object files produced by other build targets.
.RE

\fBoverride_options\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.40.0
.br
.RS 2
takes an array of strings in the same format as `project`'s `default_options`
overriding the values of these options
for this target only.
.RE

\fBpic\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.36.0
.br
.RS 2
Builds the library as positional independent code
(so it can be linked into a shared library). This
option has no effect on Windows and OS X since it doesn't make
sense on Windows and PIC cannot be disabled on OS X.
.RE

\fBprelink\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.57.0
.br
.RS 2
If `true` the object files in the target will be prelinked,
meaning that it will contain only one prelinked
object file rather than the individual object files.
.RE

\fBrust_crate_type\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.42.0
.br
.RS 2
Set the specific type of rust crate to compile (when compiling rust).

If the target is an \fIexecutable\fR this defaults to "bin", the only
allowed value.

If it is a \fIstatic_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"staticlib", or "rlib". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a default, "staticlib"
means a C ABI library, "rlib" means a Rust ABI.

If it is a \fIshared_library\fR it defaults to "lib", and may be "lib",
"dylib", "cdylib", or "proc-macro". If "lib" then Rustc will pick a
default, "cdylib" means a C ABI library, "dylib" means a Rust ABI, and
"proc-macro" is a special rust proceedural macro crate.

"proc-macro" is new in 0.62.0.
.RE

\fBsources\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list | structured_src\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additional source files. Same as the source varargs.
.RE

\fBwin_subsystem\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'console', since 0.56.0
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the subsystem type to use
on the Windows platform. Typical values include `console` for text
mode programs and `windows` for gui apps. The value can also contain
version specification such as `windows,6.0`. See \fIMSDN
documentation\fR[7]
for the full list.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS structured_sources()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstructured_src\fR structured_sources(root, [additional])

since 0.62.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Create a StructuredSource object, which is opaque and may be passed as a source
to any build_target (including static_library, shared_library, executable,
etc.). This is useful for languages like Rust, which use the filesystem layout
to determine import names. This is only allowed in Rust targets, and cannot be
mixed with non structured inputs.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBroot\fR
\fIlist[str | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list]\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Sources to put at the root of the generated structure
.RE

.RE
\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBadditional\fR
\fIdict[str | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additional sources, where the key is the directory under the root to place
the values
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS subdir()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR subdir(dir_name, if_found:)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Enters the specified subdirectory and executes the `meson.build` file in it.
Once that is done, it returns and execution continues on the
line following this `subdir()` command. Variables defined in that
`meson.build` file are then available for use in later parts of the
current build file and in all subsequent build files executed with
`subdir()`.

Note that this means that each `meson.build` file in a source tree can
and must only be executed once.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdir_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Directory relative to the current `meson.build` to enter.

Cannot contain `..`
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBif_found\fR
\fIlist[dep]\fR, since 0.44.0
.br
.RS 2
Only enter the subdir if all \fIdep.found\fR methods return `true`.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS subdir_done()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR subdir_done()

since 0.46.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Stops further interpretation of the Meson script file from the point
of the invocation. All steps executed up to this point are valid and
will be executed by Meson. This means that all targets defined before
the call of \fIsubdir_done\fR will be build.

If the current script was called by `subdir` the execution returns to
the calling directory and continues as if the script had reached the
end. If the current script is the top level script Meson configures
the project as defined up to this point.
.RE

\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
project('example exit', 'cpp')
.br
executable('exe1', 'exe1.cpp')
.br
subdir_done()
.br
executable('exe2', 'exe2.cpp')
.br
.RE
The executable `exe1` will be build, while the executable `exe2` is not
build.
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS subproject()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIsubproject\fR subproject(
.br
.RS 4
subproject_name,
.br
default_options:,
.br
required: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
version:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Takes the project specified in the positional argument and brings that
in the current build specification by returning a \fIsubproject\fR object.
Subprojects must always be placed inside
the `subprojects` directory at the top source directory. So for
example a subproject called `foo` must be located in
`${MESON_SOURCE_ROOT}/subprojects/foo`.

- `default_options` \fB(since 0.37.0)\fR: an array of default option values that override those set in the subproject's `meson_options.txt` (like `default_options` in `project`, they only have effect when Meson is run for the first time, and command line arguments override any default options in build files). \fB(since 0.54.0)\fR: `default_library` built-in option can also be overridden. 
.br
- `version`: works just like the same as in `dependency`. It specifies what version the subproject should be, as an example `>=1.0.1` 
.br
- `required` \fB(since 0.48.0)\fR: By default, `required` is `true` and Meson will abort if the subproject could not be setup. You can set this to `false` and then use the `.found()` method on the \fIsubproject\fR object. You may also pass the value of a \fI`feature`\fR[0] option, same as \fIdependency\fR. 

Note that you can use the returned \fIsubproject\fR object
to access any variable in the
subproject. However, if you want to use a dependency object from
inside a subproject, an easier way is to use the `fallback:` keyword
argument to \fIdependency\fR.

\fISee additional documentation\fR[25].
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBsubproject_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Name of the subproject. The subproject must exist in the `subprojects`
directory (or the directory specified in the `subproject_dir` of
\fIproject\fR) as a directory or wrap file.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdefault_options\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.37.0
.br
.RS 2
An array of default option values
that override those set in the subproject's `meson_options.txt`
(like `default_options` in \fIproject\fR, they only have effect when
Meson is run for the first time, and command line arguments override
any default options in build files). \fB(since 0.54.0)\fR: `default_library`
built-in option can also be overridden.
.RE

\fBrequired\fR
\fIbool | feature\fR, default: true, since 0.48.0
.br
.RS 2
Works just the same as in \fIdependency\fR.
.RE

\fBversion\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
Works just like the same as in \fIdependency\fR.
It specifies what version the subproject should be, as an example `>=1.0.1`.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS summary()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR summary(
.br
.RS 4
key_or_dict,
.br
[value],
.br
bool_yn: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
list_sep:,
.br
section:,
.br
.RE
)

since 0.53.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
This function is used to summarize build configuration at the end of the build
process. This function provides a way for projects (and subprojects) to report
this information in a clear way.

The content is a series of key/value pairs grouped into sections. If
the section keyword argument is omitted, those key/value pairs are
implicitly grouped into a section with no title. key/value pairs can
optionally be grouped into a dictionary, but keep in mind that
dictionaries do not guarantee ordering. `key` must be string,
`value` can be:

- an integer, boolean or string 
.br
- \fBsince 0.57.0\fR an external program or a dependency 
.br
- \fBsince 0.58.0\fR a feature option 
.br
- a list of those. 

Instead of calling summary as `summary(key, value)`, it is also possible to
directly pass a dictionary to the \fIsummary\fR function, as seen in the example
below.

`summary()` can be called multiple times as long as the same
section/key pair doesn't appear twice. All sections will be collected
and printed at the end of the configuration in the same order as they
have been called.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBkey_or_dict\fR
\fIstr | dict[str | bool | int | dep | external_program | list[str | bool | int | dep | external_program]]\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the new entry, or a dict containing multiple entries.  If a
dict is passed it is equivalent to calling summary() once for each
key-value pair.  Keep in mind that dictionaries do not guarantee
ordering.
.RE

.RE
\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvalue\fR
\fIstr | bool | int | dep | external_program | list[str | bool | int | dep | external_program]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The value to print for the `key`.  Only valid if `key_or_dict` is a str.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBbool_yn\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Convert bool values to yes and no
.RE

\fBlist_sep\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.54.0
.br
.RS 2
The separator to use when printing list values in this summary.  If no
separator is given, each list item will be printed on its own line.
.RE

\fBsection\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The section to put this summary information under.  If the section keyword argument is omitted, key/value pairs are implicitly grouped into a section with no title.
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4
Example `meson.build`:
.RS 4
project('My Project', version : '1.0')
.br
summary({'bindir': get_option('bindir'),
.br
        'libdir': get_option('libdir'),
.br
        'datadir': get_option('datadir'),
.br
        }, section: 'Directories')
.br
summary({'Some boolean': false,
.br
        'Another boolean': true,
.br
        'Some string': 'Hello World',
.br
        'A list': ['string', 1, true],
.br
        }, section: 'Configuration')
.br
.RE
Output:
.RS 4
My Project 1.0
.br

.br
  Directories
.br
    prefix         : /opt/gnome
.br
    bindir         : bin
.br
    libdir         : lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
.br
    datadir        : share
.br

.br
  Configuration
.br
    Some boolean   : False
.br
    Another boolean: True
.br
    Some string    : Hello World
.br
    A list         : string
.br
                     1
.br
                     True
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS test()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR test(
.br
.RS 4
name,
.br
executable,
.br
args:,
.br
depends:,
.br
env:,
.br
is_parallel: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
priority: \fB0\fR,
.br
protocol: \fB'exitcode'\fR,
.br
should_fail: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
suite:,
.br
timeout: \fB30\fR,
.br
verbose: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
workdir:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Defines a test to run with the test harness. Takes two positional
arguments, the first is the name of the test and the second is the
executable to run. The executable can be an \fIexe\fR object returned by
\fIexecutable\fR or an \fIexternal_program\fR object] returned by
\fIfind_program\fR.

\fB(since 0.55.0)\fR When cross compiling, if an exe_wrapper is needed and
defined the environment variable `MESON_EXE_WRAPPER` will be set to
the string value of that wrapper (implementation detail: using
`mesonlib.join_args`). Test scripts may use this to run cross built
binaries. If your test needs `MESON_EXE_WRAPPER` in cross build
situations it is your responsibility to return code 77 to tell the
harness to report "skip".

By default, environment variable
\fI`MALLOC_PERTURB_`\fR[26]
is automatically set by `meson test` to a random value between 1..255.
This can help find memory leaks on configurations using glibc,
including with non-GCC compilers. However, this can have a performance
impact, and may fail a test due to external libraries whose internals
are out of the user's control. To check if this feature is causing an
expected runtime crash, disable the feature by temporarily setting
environment variable `MALLOC_PERTURB_=0`. While it's preferable to
only temporarily disable this check, if a project requires permanent
disabling of this check in meson.build do like:
.RS 4
nomalloc = environment({'MALLOC_PERTURB_': '0'})
.br

.br
test(..., env: nomalloc, ...)
.br
.RE
In addition to running individual executables as test cases, `test()`
can also be used to invoke an external test harness.  In this case,
it is best to use `verbose: true` \fB(since 0.62.0)\fR and, if supported
by the external harness, `protocol: 'tap'` \fB(since 0.50.0)\fR.  This will
ensure that Meson logs each subtest as it runs, instead of including
the whole log at the end of the run.

Defined tests can be run in a backend-agnostic way by calling
`meson test` inside the build dir, or by using backend-specific
commands, such as `ninja test` or `msbuild RUN_TESTS.vcxproj`.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fBunique\fR test id
.RE

\fBexecutable\fR
\fIexe | jar | external_program | file\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The program to execute
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str | file | tgt]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Arguments to pass to the executable
.RE

\fBdepends\fR
\fIlist[build_tgt | custom_tgt]\fR, since 0.46.0
.br
.RS 2
specifies that this test depends on the specified
target(s), even though it does not take any of them as a command
line argument. This is meant for cases where test finds those
targets internally, e.g. plugins or globbing. Those targets are built
before test is executed even if they have `build_by_default : false`.
.RE

\fBenv\fR
\fIenv | list[str] | dict[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
environment variables to set, such as `['NAME1=value1',
\'NAME2=value2']`, or an \fIenv\fR object which allows more sophisticated
environment juggling. \fB(Since 0.52.0)\fR A dictionary is also accepted.
.RE

\fBis_parallel\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true
.br
.RS 2
when false, specifies that no other test must be
running at the same time as this test
.RE

\fBpriority\fR
\fIint\fR, default: 0, since 0.52.0
.br
.RS 2
specifies the priority of a test. Tests with a
higher priority are \fBstarted\fR before tests with a lower priority.
The starting order of tests with identical priorities is
implementation-defined. The default priority is 0, negative numbers are
permitted.
.RE

\fBprotocol\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'exitcode', since 0.50.0
.br
.RS 2
specifies how the test results are parsed and can
be one of `exitcode`, `tap`, or `gtest`. For more information about test
harness protocol read \fIUnit Tests\fR[1]. The following values are
accepted:

- `exitcode`: the executable's exit code is used by the test harness to record the outcome of the test). 
.br
- `tap`: \fITest Anything Protocol\fR[2]. 
.br
- `gtest` \fB(since 0.55.0)\fR: for Google Tests. 
.br
- `rust` \fB(since 0.56.0)\fR: for native rust tests 
.RE

\fBshould_fail\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
when true the test is considered passed if the
executable returns a non-zero return value (i.e. reports an error)
.RE

\fBsuite\fR
\fIstr | list[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
`'label'` (or list of labels `['label1', 'label2']`)
attached to this test. The suite name is qualified by a (sub)project
name resulting in `(sub)project_name:label`. In the case of a list
of strings, the suite names will be `(sub)project_name:label1`,
`(sub)project_name:label2`, etc.
.RE

\fBtimeout\fR
\fIint\fR, default: 30
.br
.RS 2
the amount of seconds the test is allowed to run, a test
that exceeds its time limit is always considered failed, defaults to
30 seconds. \fBSince 0.57\fR if timeout is `<= 0` the test has infinite duration,
in previous versions of Meson the test would fail with a timeout immediately.
.RE

\fBverbose\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.62.0
.br
.RS 2
if true, forces the test results to be logged as if `--verbose` was passed
to `meson test`.
.RE

\fBworkdir\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
absolute path that will be used as the working directory
for the test
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS unset_variable()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR unset_variable(varname)

since 0.60.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Unsets a variable.
Referencing a variable which has been unset is an error until it has been set again.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvarname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The variable to unset.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS vcs_tag()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIcustom_tgt\fR vcs_tag(
.br
.RS 4
command:,
.br
fallback: \fB[[meson.project_version]]\fR,
.br
input:,
.br
output:,
.br
replace_string: \fB'@VCS_TAG@'\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
This command detects revision control commit information at build time
and places it in the specified output file. This file is guaranteed to
be up to date on every build. Keywords are similar to \fIcustom_target\fR.

Meson will read the contents of `input`, substitute the
`replace_string` with the detected revision number, and write the
result to `output`. This method returns a
\fIcustom_tgt\fR object that (as usual) should be
used to signal dependencies if other targets use the file outputted
by this.

For example, if you generate a header with this and want to use that
in a build target, you must add the return value to the sources of
that build target. Without that, Meson will not know the order in
which to build the targets.

If you desire more specific behavior than what this command provides,
you should use \fIcustom_target\fR.
.RE

\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBcommand\fR
\fIlist[exe | external_program | custom_tgt | file | str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
The command to execute, see \fIcustom_target\fR for details
on how this command must be specified.

This parameter is optional. If it is absent, Meson will try
its best to find a suitable default command.

\fB(since 0.62.0)\fR \fIfile\fR is accepted.

\fB(since 0.63.0)\fR \fIcustom_tgt\fR, \fIexe\fR, and \fIexternal_program\fR are accepted.
.RE

\fBfallback\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: [[meson.project_version]]
.br
.RS 2
Version number to use when no revision control information is present,
such as when building from a release tarball.
.RE

\fBinput\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
File to modify (e.g. `version.c.in`).
.RE

\fBoutput\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
File to write the results to (e.g. `version.c`).
.RE

\fBreplace_string\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: '@VCS_TAG@'
.br
.RS 2
String in the input file to substitute with the commit information.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS warning()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR warning(text, more_text...)

since 0.44.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
This function prints its argument to stdout prefixed with WARNING:.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtext\fR
\fIstr | int | bool | list[str | int | bool] | dict[str | int | bool]\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The message to print.
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBmore_text\fR
\fIstr | int | bool | list[str | int | bool] | dict[str | int | bool]\fR, 0...N times, since 0.54.0
.br
.RS 2
Additional text that will be printed separated by spaces.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS bool.to_int()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIint\fR bool.to_int()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns `1` if `true` and `0` if `false`
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS bool.to_string()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR bool.to_string([true_str], [false_str])
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the string `'true'` if the boolean is true or `'false'` otherwise.
You can also pass it two strings as positional
arguments to specify what to return for true/false. For instance,
`bool.to_string('yes', 'no')` will return `yes` if the boolean is
true and `no` if it is false.
.RE

\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtrue_str\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'true'
.br
.RS 2
The string to return when the boolean is `true`
.RE

\fBfalse_str\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'false'
.br
.RS 2
The string to return when the boolean is `false`
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS both_libs.get_shared_lib()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlib\fR both_libs.get_shared_lib()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the stored shared library
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS both_libs.get_static_lib()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlib\fR both_libs.get_static_lib()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the stored static library
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS build_machine.cpu()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR build_machine.cpu()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a more specific CPU name, such as `i686`, `amd64`, etc.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS build_machine.cpu_family()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR build_machine.cpu_family()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the CPU family name.
\fIThis table\fR[27] contains
all known CPU families. These are guaranteed to continue working.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS build_machine.endian()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR build_machine.endian()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
returns `'big'` on big-endian systems and `'little'` on little-endian systems.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS build_machine.system()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR build_machine.system()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the operating system name.
\fIThis table\fR[28] Lists
all of the currently known Operating System names, these are
guaranteed to continue working.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS build_tgt.extract_all_objects()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIextracted_obj\fR build_tgt.extract_all_objects(
.br
.RS 4
recursive: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Acts the same as `extract_objects`, but returns all object files generated
by this target.

By default only objects built for this target are returned to maintain
backward compatibility with previous versions.  The default value for the
`recursive` kwarg will eventually be changed to `true` in a future version.
.RE

\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBrecursive\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: true, since 0.46.0
.br
.RS 2
Also return objects passed to the `objects` argument of this target.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS build_tgt.extract_objects()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIextracted_obj\fR build_tgt.extract_objects(source...)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns an opaque value representing the object files generated for those
source files. This is typically used to take single object files and link
them to unit tests or to compile some source files with custom flags. To
use the object file(s) in another build target, use the
`objects:` keyword argument to a \fIbuild_target\fR or include them in the command
line of a \fIcustom_target\fR.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBsource\fR
\fIstr | file\fR, 1...N times
.br
.RS 2
Source filenames for which the built objects should be extracted.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS build_tgt.found()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR build_tgt.found()

since 0.59.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Always returns `true`. This function is meant to make executables
objects feature compatible with \fIexternal_program\fR objects. This
simplifies use-cases where an executable is used instead of
an \fIexternal_program\fR.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS build_tgt.full_path()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR build_tgt.full_path()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a full path pointing to the result target file.
\fB\fRNOTE:\fB\fR In most cases using the object itself will do the same job
as this and will also allow Meson to setup inter-target dependencies
correctly. Please file a bug if that doesn't work for you.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS build_tgt.name()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR build_tgt.name()

since 0.54.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the name of the target.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS build_tgt.path()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR build_tgt.path()

\fBdeprecated\fR since 0.59.0, since 0.59.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Does the exact same as \fIbuild_tgt.full_path\fR. \fB\fRNOTE\fB\fR: This
function is solely kept for compatebility with \fIexternal_program\fR objects.
It will be removed once the, also deprecated, corresponding `path()`
function in the \fIexternal_program\fR object is removed.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS build_tgt.private_dir_include()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIinc\fR build_tgt.private_dir_include()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a value that works like \fIinclude_directories\fR, but points to the
private directory of this target. Usually only needed if an another target
needs to access some generated internal headers of this target.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS cfg_data.get()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr | int | bool\fR cfg_data.get(varname, [default_value])

since 0.38.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the value of `varname`, if the
value has not been set returns `default_value` if it is defined
\fB(since 0.38.0)\fR and errors out if not
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvarname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the variable to query
.RE

.RE
\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdefault_value\fR
\fIstr | int | bool\fR
.br
.RS 2
The default value to return when `varname` does not exist
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS cfg_data.get_unquoted()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr | int | bool\fR cfg_data.get_unquoted(varname, [default_value])

since 0.44.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the value
of `varname` but without surrounding double quotes (`"`). If the value has
not been set returns `default_value` if it is defined and errors out if not.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvarname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the variable to query
.RE

.RE
\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdefault_value\fR
\fIstr | int | bool\fR
.br
.RS 2
The default value to return when `varname` does not exist
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS cfg_data.has()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR cfg_data.has(varname)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
returns `true` if the specified variable is set
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvarname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the variable to query
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS cfg_data.keys()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlist[str]\fR cfg_data.keys()

since 0.57.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns an array of keys of
the configuration data object.

You can iterate over this array with the \fI`foreach`
statement\fR[29].
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS cfg_data.merge_from()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR cfg_data.merge_from(other)

since 0.42.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Takes as argument a different
configuration data object and copies all entries from that object to
the current.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBother\fR
\fIcfg_data\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The other \fIcfg_data\fR object to merge into this one.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS cfg_data.set()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR cfg_data.set(varname, value, description:)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Sets a variable to a given value
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvarname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the variable to set
.RE

\fBvalue\fR
\fIstr | int | bool\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The value to set
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdescription\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
Message / Comment that will be written in the
result file. The replacement assumes a file with C syntax. If your
generated file is source code in some other language, you probably
don't want to add a description field because it most likely will
cause a syntax error.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS cfg_data.set10()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR cfg_data.set10(varname, value, description:)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Is the same as \fIcfg_data.set\fR but the value
is either `true` or `false` and will be written as 1 or 0,
respectively
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvarname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the variable to set
.RE

\fBvalue\fR
\fIbool | int\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The value to set as either `1` or `0`

Passing numbers was never intended to work, and since 0.62 it has been
deprecated. It will be removed in a future version of Meson. If you
need to pass numbers use the `.set` method.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdescription\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
Message / Comment that will be written in the
result file. The replacement assumes a file with C syntax. If your
generated file is source code in some other language, you probably
don't want to add a description field because it most likely will
cause a syntax error.
.RE

.RE
\fBWARNINGS\fR
.RS 4
numeric values < 0 have the surprising behavior of being converted to `true`, values > 1 have the more expected but unintentional behavior of being interpreted as `true`.
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS cfg_data.set_quoted()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR cfg_data.set_quoted(varname, value, description:)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Is same as \fIcfg_data.set\fR but quotes the value in double quotes (`"`)
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvarname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the variable to set
.RE

\fBvalue\fR
\fIstr | int | bool\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The value to set
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdescription\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
Message / Comment that will be written in the
result file. The replacement assumes a file with C syntax. If your
generated file is source code in some other language, you probably
don't want to add a description field because it most likely will
cause a syntax error.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS cmake.subproject_options()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIcmake_options\fR cmake.subproject_options()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns an empty `cmake_options` object.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS cmake_options.add_cmake_defines()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR cmake_options.add_cmake_defines(defines...)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Add CMake defines (`-D<VAR>=<VAL>`) to the CMake commandline
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdefines\fR
\fIdict[str]\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
A `key` `value` map of CMake defines to add (`-D<key>=<val>`)
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.alignment()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIint\fR compiler.alignment(typename, args:, dependencies:, prefix:)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the alignment of the specified type.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtypename\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the type to check.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to pass a list of compiler arguments.
Defining include paths for headers not in the default include path
via `-Isome/path/to/header` is generally supported, however, usually not
recommended.

This is because include directories can also be specified via the
`include_directories` or the `dependency` kwarg (if present).
The same is also true for passing libraries to link with `-lfoo`.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additionally dependencies required for compiling and / or linking.
.RE

\fBprefix\fR
\fIstr | list[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to add `#include`s and other things that are required
for the symbol to be declared. Since 1.0.0 an array is accepted
too. When an array is passed, the items are concatenated together
separated by a newline.
System definitions should be passed via compiler args
(eg: `_GNU_SOURCE` is often required for some symbols to be exposed
on Linux, and it should be passed via `args` keyword argument).
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.check_header()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.check_header(
.br
.RS 4
header_name,
.br
args:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
no_builtin_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
prefix:,
.br
required: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)

since 0.47.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns true if the specified header is \fBusable\fR
with the specified prefix, dependencies, and arguments.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBheader_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The header to check.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to pass a list of compiler arguments.
Defining include paths for headers not in the default include path
via `-Isome/path/to/header` is generally supported, however, usually not
recommended.

This is because include directories can also be specified via the
`include_directories` or the `dependency` kwarg (if present).
The same is also true for passing libraries to link with `-lfoo`.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additionally dependencies required for compiling and / or linking.
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Extra directories for header searches.
.RE

\fBno_builtin_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, the compiler arguments controlled by built-in configuration options are not added.
.RE

\fBprefix\fR
\fIstr | list[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to add `#include`s and other things that are required
for the symbol to be declared. Since 1.0.0 an array is accepted
too. When an array is passed, the items are concatenated together
separated by a newline.
System definitions should be passed via compiler args
(eg: `_GNU_SOURCE` is often required for some symbols to be exposed
on Linux, and it should be passed via `args` keyword argument).
.RE

\fBrequired\fR
\fIbool | feature\fR, default: false, since 0.50.0
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, Meson will halt if the header check fails.
When set to a \fI`feature`\fR[0] option, the feature will control if it is searched and whether to fail if not found.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.cmd_array()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlist[str]\fR compiler.cmd_array()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns an array containing the command(s) for the compiler.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS compiler.compiles()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.compiles(
.br
.RS 4
code,
.br
args:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
name:,
.br
no_builtin_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns true if the code compiles.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBcode\fR
\fIstr | file\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The source code to check.

If a string is passed, the code is used directly. If a \fIfile\fR object
is passed, its content is used for the compiler check.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to pass a list of compiler arguments.
Defining include paths for headers not in the default include path
via `-Isome/path/to/header` is generally supported, however, usually not
recommended.

This is because include directories can also be specified via the
`include_directories` or the `dependency` kwarg (if present).
The same is also true for passing libraries to link with `-lfoo`.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additionally dependencies required for compiling and / or linking.
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Extra directories for header searches.
.RE

\fBname\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name to use for printing a message about the compiler check.
If this keyword argument is not passed, no message will be printed about the check.
.RE

\fBno_builtin_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, the compiler arguments controlled by built-in configuration options are not added.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.compute_int()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIint\fR compiler.compute_int(
.br
.RS 4
expr,
.br
args:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
guess:,
.br
high: \fB1024\fR,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
low: \fB-1024\fR,
.br
no_builtin_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
prefix:,
.br
.RE
)

since 0.40.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Computes the value of the given expression
(as an example `1 + 2`). When cross compiling this is evaluated with
an iterative algorithm, you can specify keyword arguments `low`
(defaults to -1024), `high` (defaults to 1024) and `guess` to
specify max and min values for the search and the value to try
first.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBexpr\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The expression to compute.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to pass a list of compiler arguments.
Defining include paths for headers not in the default include path
via `-Isome/path/to/header` is generally supported, however, usually not
recommended.

This is because include directories can also be specified via the
`include_directories` or the `dependency` kwarg (if present).
The same is also true for passing libraries to link with `-lfoo`.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additionally dependencies required for compiling and / or linking.
.RE

\fBguess\fR
\fIint\fR
.br
.RS 2
The value to try first.
.RE

\fBhigh\fR
\fIint\fR, default: 1024
.br
.RS 2
The max value.
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Extra directories for header searches.
.RE

\fBlow\fR
\fIint\fR, default: -1024
.br
.RS 2
The min value.
.RE

\fBno_builtin_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, the compiler arguments controlled by built-in configuration options are not added.
.RE

\fBprefix\fR
\fIstr | list[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to add `#include`s and other things that are required
for the symbol to be declared. Since 1.0.0 an array is accepted
too. When an array is passed, the items are concatenated together
separated by a newline.
System definitions should be passed via compiler args
(eg: `_GNU_SOURCE` is often required for some symbols to be exposed
on Linux, and it should be passed via `args` keyword argument).
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.find_library()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIdep\fR compiler.find_library(
.br
.RS 4
libname,
.br
dirs:,
.br
disabler: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
has_headers:,
.br
header_args:,
.br
header_dependencies:,
.br
header_include_directories:,
.br
header_no_builtin_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
header_prefix:,
.br
required: \fBtrue\fR,
.br
static: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Tries to find the library specified in the positional argument.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBlibname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The library to find.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdirs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additional directories to search in.

By default the library is searched for in the system library directory
(e.g. /usr/lib). Specifying more directories here, causes Meson to search
in those directories as well as the system directories.
.RE

\fBdisabler\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.49.0
.br
.RS 2
If `true`, this method will return a \fIdisabler\fR on a failed check.
.RE

\fBhas_headers\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.50.0
.br
.RS 2
List of headers that must be found as well.
This check is equivalent to checking each header with a
\fIcompiler.has_header\fR call.

When used, kwargs that \fIcompiler.has_header\fR would accept can be
passed here prefixed with `header_`, and will have the same effect on
the header check.
.RE

\fBheader_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
When the `has_headers` kwarg is also used, this argument is passed to
\fIcompiler.has_header\fR as `args`.
.RE

\fBheader_dependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
When the `has_headers` kwarg is also used, this argument is passed to
\fIcompiler.has_header\fR as `dependencies`.
.RE

\fBheader_include_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
When the `has_headers` kwarg is also used, this argument is passed to
\fIcompiler.has_header\fR as `include_directories`.
.RE

\fBheader_no_builtin_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
When the `has_headers` kwarg is also used, this argument is passed to
\fIcompiler.has_header\fR as `no_builtin_args`.
.RE

\fBheader_prefix\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
When the `has_headers` kwarg is also used, this argument is passed to
\fIcompiler.has_header\fR as `prefix`.
.RE

\fBrequired\fR
\fIbool | feature\fR, default: true
.br
.RS 2
If set `true`, Meson will abort with an error if the library could not
be found. Otherwise, Meson will continue and the found method of the
returned object will return `false`.

When set to a \fI`feature`\fR[0] option, the feature
will control if it is searched and whether to fail if not found.

\fB(since 0.47.0)\fR The value of a `feature` option can also be passed here.
.RE

\fBstatic\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.51.0
.br
.RS 2
If `true`, the search is limited to static libraries only.
Setting this value to `false` (the default) will search for both shared
\fBand\fR static libraries.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.first_supported_argument()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlist[str]\fR compiler.first_supported_argument(arg...)

since 0.43.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Given a list of strings, returns a single-element list containing the first
argument that passes the \fIcompiler.has_argument\fR test or an empty array if
none pass.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBarg\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The arguments to check.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.first_supported_link_argument()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlist[str]\fR compiler.first_supported_link_argument(arg...)

since 0.46.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Given a list of strings, returns the first argument that passes the
\fIcompiler.has_link_argument\fR test or an empty array if none pass.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBarg\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The link arguments to check.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.get_argument_syntax()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR compiler.get_argument_syntax()

since 0.49.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
returns a string identifying the type of arguments the compiler takes.
Can be one of `gcc`, `msvc`, or an undefined
string value. This method is useful for identifying compilers that are not
gcc or msvc, but use the same argument syntax as one of those two compilers
such as clang or icc, especially when they use different syntax on different
operating systems.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS compiler.get_define()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR compiler.get_define(
.br
.RS 4
definename,
.br
args:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
no_builtin_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
prefix:,
.br
.RE
)

since 0.40.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the given preprocessor symbol's value
as a string or empty string if it is not defined.

\fB(since 0.47.0)\fR This method will concatenate string literals as
the compiler would. E.g. `"a" "b"` will become `"ab"`.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdefinename\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The define to check.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to pass a list of compiler arguments.
Defining include paths for headers not in the default include path
via `-Isome/path/to/header` is generally supported, however, usually not
recommended.

This is because include directories can also be specified via the
`include_directories` or the `dependency` kwarg (if present).
The same is also true for passing libraries to link with `-lfoo`.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additionally dependencies required for compiling and / or linking.
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Extra directories for header searches.
.RE

\fBno_builtin_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, the compiler arguments controlled by built-in configuration options are not added.
.RE

\fBprefix\fR
\fIstr | list[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to add `#include`s and other things that are required
for the symbol to be declared. Since 1.0.0 an array is accepted
too. When an array is passed, the items are concatenated together
separated by a newline.
System definitions should be passed via compiler args
(eg: `_GNU_SOURCE` is often required for some symbols to be exposed
on Linux, and it should be passed via `args` keyword argument).
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.get_id()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR compiler.get_id()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a string identifying the compiler.
For example, `gcc`, `msvc`, \fIand more\fR[30].
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS compiler.get_linker_id()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR compiler.get_linker_id()

since 0.53.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a string identifying the linker.
For example, `ld.bfd`, `link`, \fIand more\fR[31].
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS compiler.get_supported_arguments()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlist[str]\fR compiler.get_supported_arguments(
.br
.RS 4
arg...,
.br
checked: \fB'off'\fR,
.br
.RE
)

since 0.43.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns an array containing only the arguments supported by the compiler,
as if \fIcompiler.has_argument\fR were called on them individually.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBarg\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The arguments to check.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBchecked\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: 'off', since 0.59.0
.br
.RS 2
Supported values:
  - `'off'`: Quietely ignore unsupported arguments
  - `'warn'`: Print a warning for unsupported arguments
  - `'require'`: Abort if at least one argument is not supported
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.get_supported_function_attributes()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlist[str]\fR compiler.get_supported_function_attributes()

since 0.48.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns an array containing any names that are supported GCC style attributes.
Equivalent to \fIcompiler.has_function_attribute\fR was called on each of
them individually.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS compiler.get_supported_link_arguments()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlist[str]\fR compiler.get_supported_link_arguments(arg...)

since 0.46.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns an array containing only the arguments supported by the compiler,
as if \fIcompiler.has_link_argument\fR were called on them individually.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBarg\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The link arguments to check.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.has_argument()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.has_argument(argument)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns `true` if the compiler accepts the specified command line argument,
that is, can compile code without erroring out or printing a warning about
an unknown flag.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargument\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The argument to check.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.has_function()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.has_function(
.br
.RS 4
funcname,
.br
args:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
no_builtin_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
prefix:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns true if the given function is provided
by the standard library or a library passed in with the `args` keyword.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfuncname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The function to check.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to pass a list of compiler arguments.
Defining include paths for headers not in the default include path
via `-Isome/path/to/header` is generally supported, however, usually not
recommended.

This is because include directories can also be specified via the
`include_directories` or the `dependency` kwarg (if present).
The same is also true for passing libraries to link with `-lfoo`.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additionally dependencies required for compiling and / or linking.
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Extra directories for header searches.
.RE

\fBno_builtin_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, the compiler arguments controlled by built-in configuration options are not added.
.RE

\fBprefix\fR
\fIstr | list[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to add `#include`s and other things that are required
for the symbol to be declared. Since 1.0.0 an array is accepted
too. When an array is passed, the items are concatenated together
separated by a newline.
System definitions should be passed via compiler args
(eg: `_GNU_SOURCE` is often required for some symbols to be exposed
on Linux, and it should be passed via `args` keyword argument).
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.has_function_attribute()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.has_function_attribute(name)

since 0.48.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns `true` if the compiler supports the GNU style (`__attribute__(...)`) `name`.
This is preferable to manual compile checks as it may be optimized for compilers that
do not support such attributes.
\fIThis table\fR[32] lists all of the supported attributes.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The attribute name to check.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.has_header()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.has_header(
.br
.RS 4
header_name,
.br
args:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
no_builtin_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
prefix:,
.br
required: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns true if the specified header is \fBexists\fR
with the specified prefix, dependencies, and arguments.

This method is faster than \fIcompiler.check_header\fR since it only does a
pre-processor check.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBheader_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The header to check.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to pass a list of compiler arguments.
Defining include paths for headers not in the default include path
via `-Isome/path/to/header` is generally supported, however, usually not
recommended.

This is because include directories can also be specified via the
`include_directories` or the `dependency` kwarg (if present).
The same is also true for passing libraries to link with `-lfoo`.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additionally dependencies required for compiling and / or linking.
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Extra directories for header searches.
.RE

\fBno_builtin_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, the compiler arguments controlled by built-in configuration options are not added.
.RE

\fBprefix\fR
\fIstr | list[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to add `#include`s and other things that are required
for the symbol to be declared. Since 1.0.0 an array is accepted
too. When an array is passed, the items are concatenated together
separated by a newline.
System definitions should be passed via compiler args
(eg: `_GNU_SOURCE` is often required for some symbols to be exposed
on Linux, and it should be passed via `args` keyword argument).
.RE

\fBrequired\fR
\fIbool | feature\fR, default: false, since 0.50.0
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, Meson will halt if the header check fails.
When set to a \fI`feature`\fR[0] option, the feature will control if it is searched and whether to fail if not found.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.has_header_symbol()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.has_header_symbol(
.br
.RS 4
header,
.br
symbol,
.br
args:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
no_builtin_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
prefix:,
.br
required: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Detects whether a particular symbol is declared in the specified header.

Symbols here include function, variable, `#define`, type definition, etc.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBheader\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The header to check.
.RE

\fBsymbol\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The symbol to check.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to pass a list of compiler arguments.
Defining include paths for headers not in the default include path
via `-Isome/path/to/header` is generally supported, however, usually not
recommended.

This is because include directories can also be specified via the
`include_directories` or the `dependency` kwarg (if present).
The same is also true for passing libraries to link with `-lfoo`.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additionally dependencies required for compiling and / or linking.
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Extra directories for header searches.
.RE

\fBno_builtin_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, the compiler arguments controlled by built-in configuration options are not added.
.RE

\fBprefix\fR
\fIstr | list[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to add `#include`s and other things that are required
for the symbol to be declared. Since 1.0.0 an array is accepted
too. When an array is passed, the items are concatenated together
separated by a newline.
System definitions should be passed via compiler args
(eg: `_GNU_SOURCE` is often required for some symbols to be exposed
on Linux, and it should be passed via `args` keyword argument).
.RE

\fBrequired\fR
\fIbool | feature\fR, default: false, since 0.50.0
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, Meson will halt if the header check fails.
When set to a \fI`feature`\fR[0] option, the feature will control if it is searched and whether to fail if not found.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.has_link_argument()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.has_link_argument(argument)

since 0.46.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns `true` if the linker accepts the specified command line argument,
that is, can
compile and link code without erroring out or printing a warning
about an unknown flag. Link arguments will be passed to the
compiler, so should usually have the `-Wl,` prefix. On VisualStudio
a `/link` argument will be prepended.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargument\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The argument to check.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.has_member()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.has_member(
.br
.RS 4
typename,
.br
membername,
.br
args:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
no_builtin_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
prefix:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns true if the type has the specified member.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtypename\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The type to check.
.RE

\fBmembername\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The member to check.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to pass a list of compiler arguments.
Defining include paths for headers not in the default include path
via `-Isome/path/to/header` is generally supported, however, usually not
recommended.

This is because include directories can also be specified via the
`include_directories` or the `dependency` kwarg (if present).
The same is also true for passing libraries to link with `-lfoo`.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additionally dependencies required for compiling and / or linking.
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Extra directories for header searches.
.RE

\fBno_builtin_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, the compiler arguments controlled by built-in configuration options are not added.
.RE

\fBprefix\fR
\fIstr | list[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to add `#include`s and other things that are required
for the symbol to be declared. Since 1.0.0 an array is accepted
too. When an array is passed, the items are concatenated together
separated by a newline.
System definitions should be passed via compiler args
(eg: `_GNU_SOURCE` is often required for some symbols to be exposed
on Linux, and it should be passed via `args` keyword argument).
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.has_members()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.has_members(
.br
.RS 4
typename,
.br
member...,
.br
args:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
no_builtin_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
prefix:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns `true` if the type has \fBall\fR the specified members.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtypename\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The type to check.
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBmember\fR
\fIstr\fR, 1...N times
.br
.RS 2
The members to check
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to pass a list of compiler arguments.
Defining include paths for headers not in the default include path
via `-Isome/path/to/header` is generally supported, however, usually not
recommended.

This is because include directories can also be specified via the
`include_directories` or the `dependency` kwarg (if present).
The same is also true for passing libraries to link with `-lfoo`.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additionally dependencies required for compiling and / or linking.
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Extra directories for header searches.
.RE

\fBno_builtin_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, the compiler arguments controlled by built-in configuration options are not added.
.RE

\fBprefix\fR
\fIstr | list[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to add `#include`s and other things that are required
for the symbol to be declared. Since 1.0.0 an array is accepted
too. When an array is passed, the items are concatenated together
separated by a newline.
System definitions should be passed via compiler args
(eg: `_GNU_SOURCE` is often required for some symbols to be exposed
on Linux, and it should be passed via `args` keyword argument).
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.has_multi_arguments()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.has_multi_arguments(arg...)

since 0.37.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
the same as \fIcompiler.has_argument\fR but takes multiple arguments
and uses them all in a single compiler invocation.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBarg\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The arguments to check.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.has_multi_link_arguments()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.has_multi_link_arguments(arg...)

since 0.46.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
the same as \fIcompiler.has_link_argument\fR but takes multiple arguments
and uses them all in a single compiler invocation.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBarg\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The link arguments to check.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.has_type()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.has_type(
.br
.RS 4
typename,
.br
args:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
no_builtin_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
prefix:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns `true` if the specified token is a type.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtypename\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The type to check.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to pass a list of compiler arguments.
Defining include paths for headers not in the default include path
via `-Isome/path/to/header` is generally supported, however, usually not
recommended.

This is because include directories can also be specified via the
`include_directories` or the `dependency` kwarg (if present).
The same is also true for passing libraries to link with `-lfoo`.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additionally dependencies required for compiling and / or linking.
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Extra directories for header searches.
.RE

\fBno_builtin_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, the compiler arguments controlled by built-in configuration options are not added.
.RE

\fBprefix\fR
\fIstr | list[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to add `#include`s and other things that are required
for the symbol to be declared. Since 1.0.0 an array is accepted
too. When an array is passed, the items are concatenated together
separated by a newline.
System definitions should be passed via compiler args
(eg: `_GNU_SOURCE` is often required for some symbols to be exposed
on Linux, and it should be passed via `args` keyword argument).
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.links()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.links(
.br
.RS 4
code,
.br
args:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
name:,
.br
no_builtin_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns true if the code compiles and links.

\fBSince 0.60.0\fR, if the `file` object's
suffix does not match the compiler object's language, the compiler
corresponding to the suffix is used to compile the source, while the
target of the `links` method is used to link the resulting object file.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBcode\fR
\fIstr | file\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The source code to check.

If a string is passed, the code is used directly. If a \fIfile\fR object
is passed, its content is used for the compiler check.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to pass a list of compiler arguments.
Defining include paths for headers not in the default include path
via `-Isome/path/to/header` is generally supported, however, usually not
recommended.

This is because include directories can also be specified via the
`include_directories` or the `dependency` kwarg (if present).
The same is also true for passing libraries to link with `-lfoo`.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additionally dependencies required for compiling and / or linking.
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Extra directories for header searches.
.RE

\fBname\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name to use for printing a message about the compiler check.
If this keyword argument is not passed, no message will be printed about the check.
.RE

\fBno_builtin_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, the compiler arguments controlled by built-in configuration options are not added.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.preprocess()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlist[custom_idx]\fR compiler.preprocess(
.br
.RS 4
source...,
.br
compile_args:,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
output:,
.br
.RE
)

since 0.64.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Preprocess a list of source files but do not compile them. The preprocessor
will receive the same arguments (include directories, defines, etc) as with
normal compilation. That includes for example args added with
`add_project_arguments()`, or on the command line with `-Dc_args=-DFOO`.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBsource\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
Input source to compile. The following types are supported:

- Strings relative to the current source directory 
.br
- \fIfile\fR objects defined in any preceding build file 
.br
- The return value of configure-time generators such as \fIconfigure_file\fR 
.br
- The return value of build-time generators such as \fIcustom_target\fR or \fIgenerator.process\fR 

These input files can be sources, objects, libraries, or any other
file. Meson will automatically categorize them based on the extension
and use them accordingly. For instance, sources (`.c`, `.cpp`,
`.vala`, `.rs`, etc) will be compiled and objects (`.o`, `.obj`) and
libraries (`.so`, `.dll`, etc) will be linked.

With the Ninja backend, Meson will create a build-time \fIorder-only
dependency\fR[3] on
all generated input files, including unknown files. This is needed to
bootstrap the generation of the real dependencies in the
\fIdepfile\fR[4] generated
by your compiler to determine when to rebuild sources. Ninja relies on
this dependency file for all input files, generated and non-generated.
The behavior is similar for other backends.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBcompile_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Extra flags to pass to the preprocessor
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Extra directories for header searches.
.RE

\fBoutput\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
Template for name of preprocessed files: `@PLAINNAME@` is replaced by
the source filename and `@BASENAME@` is replaced by the source filename
without its extension.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.run()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIrunresult\fR compiler.run(
.br
.RS 4
code,
.br
args:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
name:,
.br
no_builtin_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Attempts to compile and execute the given code fragment.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBcode\fR
\fIstr | file\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The source code to check.

If a string is passed, the code is used directly. If a \fIfile\fR object
is passed, its content is used for the compiler check.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to pass a list of compiler arguments.
Defining include paths for headers not in the default include path
via `-Isome/path/to/header` is generally supported, however, usually not
recommended.

This is because include directories can also be specified via the
`include_directories` or the `dependency` kwarg (if present).
The same is also true for passing libraries to link with `-lfoo`.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additionally dependencies required for compiling and / or linking.
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Extra directories for header searches.
.RE

\fBname\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name to use for printing a message about the compiler check.
If this keyword argument is not passed, no message will be printed about the check.
.RE

\fBno_builtin_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, the compiler arguments controlled by built-in configuration options are not added.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.sizeof()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIint\fR compiler.sizeof(
.br
.RS 4
typename,
.br
args:,
.br
dependencies:,
.br
include_directories:,
.br
no_builtin_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
prefix:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
returns the size of the given type (e.g. `'int'`) or -1 if the type is unknown.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBtypename\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The type to compute.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBargs\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to pass a list of compiler arguments.
Defining include paths for headers not in the default include path
via `-Isome/path/to/header` is generally supported, however, usually not
recommended.

This is because include directories can also be specified via the
`include_directories` or the `dependency` kwarg (if present).
The same is also true for passing libraries to link with `-lfoo`.
.RE

\fBdependencies\fR
\fIdep | list[dep]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Additionally dependencies required for compiling and / or linking.
.RE

\fBinclude_directories\fR
\fIinc | list[inc]\fR, since 0.38.0
.br
.RS 2
Extra directories for header searches.
.RE

\fBno_builtin_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true`, the compiler arguments controlled by built-in configuration options are not added.
.RE

\fBprefix\fR
\fIstr | list[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
Used to add `#include`s and other things that are required
for the symbol to be declared. Since 1.0.0 an array is accepted
too. When an array is passed, the items are concatenated together
separated by a newline.
System definitions should be passed via compiler args
(eg: `_GNU_SOURCE` is often required for some symbols to be exposed
on Linux, and it should be passed via `args` keyword argument).
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS compiler.symbols_have_underscore_prefix()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR compiler.symbols_have_underscore_prefix()

since 0.37.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns `true` if the C symbol mangling is one underscore (`_`) prefixed to the symbol.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS compiler.version()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR compiler.version()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the compiler's version number as a string.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS custom_idx.full_path()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR custom_idx.full_path()

since 0.54.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a full path pointing to the result target file
NOTE: In most cases using the object itself will do the same job as
this and will also allow Meson to setup inter-target dependencies
correctly. Please file a bug if that doesn't work for you.

See \fIcustom_tgt.full_path\fR
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS custom_tgt.[index]()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIcustom_idx\fR custom_tgt.[index]()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns an opaque object that references this target, and
can be used as a source in other targets. When it is used as such it
will make that target depend on this custom target, but the only
source added will be the one that corresponds to the index of the
custom target's output argument.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS custom_tgt.full_path()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR custom_tgt.full_path()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a full path pointing to the result target file
NOTE: In most cases using the object itself will do the same job as
this and will also allow Meson to setup inter-target dependencies
correctly. Please file a bug if that doesn't work for you.
\fB(since 0.54.0)\fR It can be also called on indexes objects:
`custom_targets[i].full_path()`.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS custom_tgt.to_list()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlist[custom_idx]\fR custom_tgt.to_list()

since 0.54.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a list of opaque objects that references this target,
and can be used as a source in other targets. This can be used to
iterate outputs with `foreach` loop.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS dep.as_link_whole()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIdep\fR dep.as_link_whole()

since 0.56.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Only dependencies created with \fIdeclare_dependency\fR,
returns a copy of the dependency object with all
link_with arguments changed to link_whole. This is useful for example for
fallback dependency from a subproject built with `default_library=static`.
Note that all `link_with` objects must be static libraries otherwise an error
will be raised when trying to `link_whole` a shared library.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS dep.as_system()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIdep\fR dep.as_system([value])

since 0.52.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a copy of the dependency object, which has changed the value of `include_type`
to `value`. The `value` argument is optional and
defaults to `'preserve'`.
.RE

\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvalue\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The new value. See \fIdependency\fR for supported values.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS dep.found()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR dep.found()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns whether the dependency was found.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS dep.get_configtool_variable()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR dep.get_configtool_variable(var_name)

\fBdeprecated\fR since 0.56.0, since 0.44.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Gets the command line argument from the config tool (with `--` prepended), or,
if invoked on a non config-tool dependency, error out.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvar_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Name of the variable to query
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS dep.get_pkgconfig_variable()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR dep.get_pkgconfig_variable(
.br
.RS 4
var_name,
.br
default:,
.br
define_variable:,
.br
.RE
)

\fBdeprecated\fR since 0.56.0, since 0.36.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Gets the pkg-config variable specified,
or, if invoked on a non pkg-config
dependency, error out.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvar_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Name of the variable to query
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBdefault\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.45.0
.br
.RS 2
The value to return if the variable was not found.
A warning is issued if the variable is not defined and this kwarg is not set.
.RE

\fBdefine_variable\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR, since 0.44.0
.br
.RS 2
You can also redefine a
variable by passing a list to this kwarg
that can affect the retrieved variable: `['prefix', '/'])`.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS dep.get_variable()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR dep.get_variable(
.br
.RS 4
[varname],
.br
cmake:,
.br
configtool:,
.br
default_value:,
.br
internal:,
.br
pkgconfig:,
.br
pkgconfig_define:,
.br
.RE
)

since 0.51.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
A generic variable getter method, which replaces the
`get_\fBtype\fR_variable` methods. This allows one to get the variable
from a dependency without knowing specifically how that dependency
was found. If `default_value` is set and the value cannot be gotten
from the object then `default_value` is returned, if it is not set
then an error is raised.
.RE

\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvarname\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.58.0
.br
.RS 2
This argument is used as a default value
for `cmake`, `pkgconfig`, `configtool` and `internal` keyword
arguments. It is useful in the common case where `pkgconfig` and `internal`
use the same variable name, in which case it's easier to write `dep.get_variable('foo')`
instead of `dep.get_variable(pkgconfig: 'foo', internal: 'foo')`.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBcmake\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The CMake variable name
.RE

\fBconfigtool\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The configtool variable name
.RE

\fBdefault_value\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The default value to return when the variable does not exist
.RE

\fBinternal\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.54.0
.br
.RS 2
The internal variable name
.RE

\fBpkgconfig\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The pkgconfig variable name
.RE

\fBpkgconfig_define\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
See \fIdep.get_pkgconfig_variable\fR
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS dep.include_type()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR dep.include_type()

since 0.52.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the value set by the `include_type` kwarg.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS dep.name()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR dep.name()

since 0.48.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the name of the dependency that was searched.
Returns `'internal'` for dependencies created with
\fIdeclare_dependency\fR.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS dep.partial_dependency()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIdep\fR dep.partial_dependency(
.br
.RS 4
compile_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
includes: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
link_args: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
links: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
sources: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)

since 0.46.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a new dependency object with the same name, version, found status,
type name, and methods as the object that called it. This new
object will only inherit other attributes from its parent as
controlled by keyword arguments.

If the parent has any dependencies, those will be applied to the new
partial dependency with the same rules. So, given:
.RS 4
dep1 = declare_dependency(compile_args : '-Werror=foo', link_with : 'libfoo')
.br
dep2 = declare_dependency(compile_args : '-Werror=bar', dependencies : dep1)
.br
dep3 = dep2.partial_dependency(compile_args : true)
.br
.RE
dep3 will add `['-Werror=foo', '-Werror=bar']` to the compiler args
of any target it is added to, but libfoo will not be added to the
link_args.

The following arguments will add the following attributes:

- compile_args: any arguments passed to the compiler 
.br
- link_args: any arguments passed to the linker 
.br
- links: anything passed via link_with or link_whole 
.br
- includes: any include_directories 
.br
- sources: any compiled or static sources the dependency has 
.RE

\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBcompile_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Whether to include compile_args
.RE

\fBincludes\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Whether to include includes
.RE

\fBlink_args\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Whether to include link_args
.RE

\fBlinks\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Whether to include links
.RE

\fBsources\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
Whether to include sources
.RE

.RE
\fBWARNINGS\fR
.RS 4
A bug present until 0.50.1 results in the above behavior not working correctly.
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS dep.type_name()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR dep.type_name()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a string describing the type of the
dependency, the most common values are `internal` for deps created
with \fIdeclare_dependency\fR and `pkgconfig` for system dependencies
obtained with Pkg-config.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS dep.version()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR dep.version()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
the version number as a string,
for example `1.2.8`.
`unknown` if the dependency provider doesn't support determining the
version.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS dict.get()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIany\fR dict.get(key, [fallback])
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
returns the value for the key given as first
argument if it is present in the dictionary, or the optional
fallback value given as the second argument. If a single argument
was given and the key was not found, causes a fatal error
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBkey\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The key to query.
.RE

.RE
\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfallback\fR
\fIany\fR
.br
.RS 2
Fallback value that is returned if the key is not in the \fIdict\fR.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS dict.has_key()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR dict.has_key(key)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns `true` if the dictionary contains the key given as argument, `false` otherwise.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBkey\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The key to query.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS dict.keys()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlist[str]\fR dict.keys()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns an array of keys in the dictionary.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS disabler.found()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR disabler.found()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Always returns `false`
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS env.append()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR env.append(variable, Value..., separator:)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
appends the given values to
the old value of the environment variable, e.g.  `env.append('FOO',
\'BAR', 'BAZ', separator : ';')` produces `BOB;BAR;BAZ` if `FOO` had
the value `BOB` and plain `BAR;BAZ` if the value was not defined.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvariable\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The variable to modify
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBValue\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The values to append
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBseparator\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The separator to use. If not explicitly specified, the default path
separator for the host operating system will be used, i.e. ';' for
Windows and ':' for UNIX/POSIX systems.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS env.prepend()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR env.prepend(variable, Value..., separator:)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Same as `append` except that it writes to the beginning of the variable.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvariable\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The variable to modify
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBValue\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The values to prepend
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBseparator\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The separator to use. If not explicitly specified, the default path
separator for the host operating system will be used, i.e. ';' for
Windows and ':' for UNIX/POSIX systems.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS env.set()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR env.set(variable, Value..., separator:)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Sets the environment variable
specified in the first argument to the values in the varargs
joined by the separator. For instance, `env.set('FOO', 'BAR'),` sets envvar
`FOO` to value `BAR`.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvariable\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The variable to modify
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBValue\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The values to set
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBseparator\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
The separator to use. If not explicitly specified, the default path
separator for the host operating system will be used, i.e. ';' for
Windows and ':' for UNIX/POSIX systems.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS external_program.found()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR external_program.found()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns whether the executable was found.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS external_program.full_path()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR external_program.full_path()

since 0.55.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a string pointing to the script or executable.

\fB\fRNOTE:\fB\fR You should not usually need to use this method. Passing the
object itself should work in most contexts where a program can appear,
and allows Meson to setup inter-target dependencies correctly (for
example in cases where a program might be overridden by a \fIbuild_tgt\fR).
Only use this if you specifically need a string, such as when embedding
a program path into a header file.

For example:
.RS 4
run_command(find_program('foo'), 'arg1', 'arg2')
.br
.RE

.RE

.RE
.P
.SS external_program.path()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR external_program.path()

\fBdeprecated\fR since 0.55.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
\fBDeprecated:\fR Use \fIexternal_program.full_path\fR instead.

Returns a string pointing to the script or executable.

\fB\fRNOTE:\fB\fR You should not usually need to use this method. Passing the
object itself should work in most contexts where a program can appear,
and allows Meson to setup inter-target dependencies correctly (for
example in cases where a program might be overridden by a \fIbuild_tgt\fR).
Only use this if you specifically need a string, such as when embedding
a program path into a header file.

For example:
.RS 4
run_command(find_program('foo'), 'arg1', 'arg2')
.br
.RE

.RE

.RE
.P
.SS external_program.version()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR external_program.version()

since 0.62.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
The version number as a string, for example `1.2.8`.

`unknown` if the program cannot determine the version via a `--version` argument.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS feature.allowed()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR feature.allowed()

since 0.59.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns whether the feature was set to `'enabled'` or `'auto'`
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS feature.auto()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR feature.auto()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns whether the feature was set to `'auto'`
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS feature.disable_auto_if()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIfeature\fR feature.disable_auto_if(value)

since 0.59.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the feature, with `'auto'` converted to `'disabled'` if value is true.

| Feature / Condition | `value = true` | `value = false` |
| ------------------- | -------------- | --------------- |
| Enabled             | Enabled        | Enabled         |
| Disabled            | Disabled       | Disabled        |
| Auto                | Disabled       | Auto            |
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvalue\fR
\fIbool\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
See the table above
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS feature.disabled()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR feature.disabled()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns whether the feature was set to `'disabled'`
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS feature.enabled()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR feature.enabled()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns whether the feature was set to `'enabled'`
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS feature.require()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIfeature\fR feature.require(value, error_message: \fB''\fR)

since 0.59.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the object itself if the value is true; an error if the object is
`'enabled'` and the value is false; a disabled feature if the object
is `'auto'` or `'disabled'` and the value is false.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvalue\fR
\fIbool\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The value to check
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBerror_message\fR
\fIstr\fR, default: ''
.br
.RS 2
The error Message to print if the check fails
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4
`require` is useful to restrict the applicability of `'auto'` features,
for example based on other features or on properties of the host machine:
.RS 4
if get_option('directx').require(host_machine.system() == 'windows',
.br
      error_message: 'DirectX only available on Windows').allowed() then
.br
  src += ['directx.c']
.br
  config.set10('HAVE_DIRECTX', true)
.br
endif
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS generator.process()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIgenerated_list\fR generator.process(
.br
.RS 4
source...,
.br
extra_args:,
.br
preserve_path_from:,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Takes a list of files, causes them to be processed and returns an object containing the result
which can then, for example, be passed into a build target definition.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBsource\fR
\fIstr | file | custom_tgt | custom_idx | generated_list\fR, 1...N times
.br
.RS 2
List of sources to process.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBextra_args\fR
\fIlist[str]\fR
.br
.RS 2
If present, will be used to replace an entry `@EXTRA_ARGS@` in the argument list.
.RE

\fBpreserve_path_from\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.45.0
.br
.RS 2
If given, specifies that the output files need to maintain their directory structure
inside the target temporary directory. The most common value for this is
`meson.current_source_dir()`. With this value when a file called
`subdir/one.input` is processed it generates a file `{target private
directory}/subdir/one.out` as opposed to `{target private
directory}/one.out`.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS int.is_even()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR int.is_even()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns true if the number is even.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS int.is_odd()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR int.is_odd()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns true if the number is odd
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS int.to_string()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR int.to_string()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the value of the number as a string.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS list.contains()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR list.contains(item)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns `true` if the array contains the object
given as argument, `false` otherwise
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBitem\fR
\fIany\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The item to check
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS list.get()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIany\fR list.get(index, [fallback])
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
returns the object at the given index,
negative indices count from the back of the array, indexing out of
bounds returns the `fallback` value \fB(since 0.38.0)\fR or, if it is
not specified, causes a fatal error
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBindex\fR
\fIint\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Index of the list position to query. Negative values start at the end of the list
.RE

.RE
\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfallback\fR
\fIany\fR
.br
.RS 2
Fallback value that is returned if the index is out of range.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS list.length()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIint\fR list.length()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the current size of the array / list.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.add_devenv()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR meson.add_devenv(env, method:, separator:)

since 0.58.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
add an \fIenv\fR object (returned by \fIenvironment\fR)
to the list of environments that will be applied when using \fI`meson devenv`\fR[33]
command line.

This is useful for developers who wish to use the project without
installing it, it is often needed to set for example the path to plugins
directory, etc. Alternatively, a list or dictionary can be passed as first
argument.
.RS 4
devenv = environment()
.br
devenv.set('PLUGINS_PATH', meson.current_build_dir())
.br
\...
.br
meson.add_devenv(devenv)
.br
.RE
After configuring and compiling that project, a terminal can be opened with
the environment set:
.RS 4
sh
.br
$ meson devenv -C <builddir>
.br
$ echo $PLUGINS_PATH
.br
/path/to/source/subdir
.br
.RE
See \fI`meson devenv`\fR[32] command documentation for a list of
environment variables that are set by default by Meson.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBenv\fR
\fIenv | str | list[str] | dict[str] | dict[list[str]]\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The \fIenv\fR object to add.
Since \fB0.62.0\fR list of strings is allowed in dictionary values. In that
case values are joined using the separator.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBmethod\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.62.0
.br
.RS 2
Must be one of 'set', 'prepend', or 'append'
(defaults to 'set'). Controls if initial values defined in the first
positional argument are prepended, appended or replace the current value
of the environment variable.
.RE

\fBseparator\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.62.0
.br
.RS 2
The separator to use for the initial values defined in
the first positional argument. If not explicitly specified, the default
path separator for the host operating system will be used, i.e. ';' for
Windows and ':' for UNIX/POSIX systems.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS meson.add_dist_script()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR meson.add_dist_script(script_name, arg...)

since 0.48.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Causes the script given as argument to run during `dist`
operation after the
distribution source has been generated but before it is
archived. Note that this runs the script file that is in the
_staging_ directory, not the one in the source directory. If the
script file can not be found in the staging directory, it is a hard
error. The `MESON_DIST_ROOT` environment variables is set when dist scripts is
run.

\fB(since 0.54.0)\fR The `MESON_SOURCE_ROOT` and `MESON_BUILD_ROOT`
environment variables are set when dist scripts are run. They are path to the
root source and build directory of the main project, even when the script
comes from a subproject.

\fB(since 0.58.0)\fR This command can be invoked from a subproject, it was a hard
error in earlier versions. Subproject dist scripts will only be executed
when running `meson dist --include-subprojects`. `MESON_PROJECT_SOURCE_ROOT`,
`MESON_PROJECT_BUILD_ROOT` and `MESON_PROJECT_DIST_ROOT` environment
variables are set when dist scripts are run. They are identical to
`MESON_SOURCE_ROOT`, `MESON_BUILD_ROOT` and `MESON_DIST_ROOT` for main project
scripts, but for subproject scripts they have the path to the root of the
subproject appended, usually `subprojects/<subproject-name>`.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBscript_name\fR
\fIstr | file | external_program\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The script to execute.

\fB(since 0.55.0)\fR The output of \fIfind_program\fR as well as strings are accepted.

\fB(since 0.57.0)\fR \fIfile\fR objects and the output of \fIconfigure_file\fR may be used.
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBarg\fR
\fIstr | file | external_program\fR, 0...N times, since 0.49.0
.br
.RS 2
Additional arguments

\fB(since 0.55.0)\fR The output of \fIconfigure_file\fR, \fIfiles\fR, and \fIfind_program\fR
as well as strings are accepted.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS meson.add_install_script()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR meson.add_install_script(
.br
.RS 4
script_name,
.br
arg...,
.br
install_tag:,
.br
skip_if_destdir: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
.RE
)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Causes the script given as an argument to be run during the install step,
this script  will have the environment variables `MESON_SOURCE_ROOT`,
`MESON_BUILD_ROOT`, `MESON_INSTALL_PREFIX`,
`MESON_INSTALL_DESTDIR_PREFIX`, and `MESONINTROSPECT` set.
All positional arguments are passed as parameters.

\fB(since 0.54.0)\fR If `meson install` is called with the `--quiet` option, the
environment variable `MESON_INSTALL_QUIET` will be set.

Meson uses the `DESTDIR` environment variable as set by the
inherited environment to determine the (temporary) installation
location for files. Your install script must be aware of this while
manipulating and installing files. The correct way to handle this is
with the `MESON_INSTALL_DESTDIR_PREFIX` variable which is always set
and contains `DESTDIR` (if set) and `prefix` joined together. This
is useful because both are usually absolute paths and there are
platform-specific edge-cases in joining two absolute paths.

In case it is needed, `MESON_INSTALL_PREFIX` is also always set and
has the value of the `prefix` option passed to Meson.

`MESONINTROSPECT` contains the path to the introspect command that
corresponds to the `meson` executable that was used to configure the
build. (This might be a different path than the first executable
found in `PATH`.) It can be used to query build configuration. Note
that the value will contain many parts, f.ex., it may be `python3
/path/to/meson.py introspect`. The user is responsible for splitting
the string to an array if needed by splitting lexically like a UNIX
shell would. If your script uses Python, `shlex.split()` is the
easiest correct way to do this.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBscript_name\fR
\fIstr | file | external_program | exe | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The script to execute.

\fB(since 0.55.0)\fR The output of \fIfind_program\fR, \fIexecutable\fR,
\fIcustom_target\fR, as well as strings are accepted.

\fB(since 0.57.0)\fR \fIfile\fR objects and the output of \fIconfigure_file\fR may be used.
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBarg\fR
\fIstr | file | external_program | exe | custom_tgt | custom_idx\fR, 0...N times, since 0.49.0
.br
.RS 2
Additional arguments

\fB(since 0.55.0)\fR The output of \fIfind_program\fR, \fIexecutable\fR,
\fIcustom_target\fR, as well as strings are accepted.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBinstall_tag\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
A string used by the `meson install --tags` command
to install only a subset of the files.
By default the script has no install tag which means it is not being run when
`meson install --tags` argument is specified.
.RE

\fBskip_if_destdir\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false, since 0.57.0
.br
.RS 2
If `true` the script will not be run if DESTDIR is set during installation.
This is useful in the case the script updates system wide
cache that is only needed when copying files into final destination.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS meson.add_postconf_script()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR meson.add_postconf_script(script_name, arg...)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Runs the given command after all project files have been generated.
This script will have the environment variables
`MESON_SOURCE_ROOT` and `MESON_BUILD_ROOT` set.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBscript_name\fR
\fIstr | file | external_program\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The script to execute.

\fB(since 0.55.0)\fR The output of \fIfind_program\fR as well as strings are accepted.

\fB(since 0.57.0)\fR \fIfile\fR objects and the output of \fIconfigure_file\fR may be used.
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBarg\fR
\fIstr | file | external_program\fR, 0...N times, since 0.49.0
.br
.RS 2
Additional arguments

\fB(since 0.55.0)\fR The output of \fIconfigure_file\fR, \fIfiles\fR, and \fIfind_program\fR
as well as strings are accepted.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS meson.backend()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR meson.backend()

since 0.37.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a string representing the current backend:

- `ninja` 
.br
- `vs2010` 
.br
- `vs2012` 
.br
- `vs2013` 
.br
- `vs2015` 
.br
- `vs2017` 
.br
- `vs2019` 
.br
- `vs2022` 
.br
- `xcode` 
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.build_root()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR meson.build_root()

\fBdeprecated\fR since 0.56.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a string with the absolute path to the build root directory.
This function will return the
build root of the parent project if called from a subproject, which is usually
not what you want. Try using \fImeson.current_build_dir\fR or \fImeson.project_build_root\fR.
In the rare cases where the root of the main project is needed,
use \fImeson.global_build_root\fR that has the same behaviour but with a more explicit
name.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.can_run_host_binaries()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR meson.can_run_host_binaries()

since 0.55.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns true if the build machine can run binaries compiled for the host.
This returns `true` unless you are
cross compiling, need a helper to run host binaries, and don't have one.
For example when cross compiling from Linux to Windows, one can use `wine`
as the helper.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.current_build_dir()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR meson.current_build_dir()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a string with the absolute path to the current build directory.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.current_source_dir()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR meson.current_source_dir()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a string to the current source directory.
.RE

\fBNOTES\fR
.RS 4
\fB\fRYou do not need to use this function!\fB\fR

When passing files from the current source directory to a function since
that is the default. Also, you can use the \fIfiles\fR function to
refer to files in the current or any other source directory instead
of constructing paths manually with \fImeson.current_source_dir\fR.
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS meson.get_compiler()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIcompiler\fR meson.get_compiler(language, native: \fBfalse\fR)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a \fIcompiler\fR object describing a compiler.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBlanguage\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The language of the compiler to return.

See our \fIlist of supported languages\fR[34].
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
When set to `true` Meson returns the compiler for the build
machine (the "native" compiler) and when `false` it returns the host
compiler (the "cross" compiler). If `native` is omitted, Meson
returns the "cross" compiler if we're currently cross-compiling and
the "native" compiler if we're not.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS meson.get_cross_property()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIany\fR meson.get_cross_property(propname, [fallback_value])

\fBdeprecated\fR since 0.58.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the given property from a cross file, the optional fallback_value
is returned if not cross compiling or the given property is not found.

This method is replaced by \fImeson.get_external_property\fR.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBpropname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Name of the property in the cross / native file.
.RE

.RE
\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfallback_value\fR
\fIany\fR
.br
.RS 2
Value to return if `propname` is not set in the machine file.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS meson.get_external_property()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIany\fR meson.get_external_property(
.br
.RS 4
propname,
.br
[fallback_value],
.br
native:,
.br
.RE
)

since 0.54.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the given property from a native or cross file.
The optional fallback_value is returned if the given property is not found.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBpropname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Name of the property in the cross / native file.
.RE

.RE
\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfallback_value\fR
\fIany\fR
.br
.RS 2
Value to return if `propname` is not set in the machine file.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR
.br
.RS 2
Setting `native` to `true` forces retrieving a variable from the
native file, even when cross-compiling.
If `native: false` or not specified, the variable is retrieved from the
cross-file if cross-compiling, and from the native-file when not cross-compiling.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS meson.global_build_root()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR meson.global_build_root()

since 0.58.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a string with the absolute path to the build root directory.
This function will return the build root of the
main project if called from a subproject, which is usually not what you want.
It is usually preferable to use \fImeson.current_build_dir\fR or \fImeson.project_build_root\fR.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.global_source_root()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR meson.global_source_root()

since 0.58.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a string with the absolute path to the source root directory
This function will return the source root of the
main project if called from a subproject, which is usually not what you want.
It is usually preferable to use \fImeson.current_source_dir\fR or \fImeson.project_source_root\fR.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.has_exe_wrapper()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR meson.has_exe_wrapper()

\fBdeprecated\fR since 0.55.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Use \fImeson.can_run_host_binaries\fR instead.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.has_external_property()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR meson.has_external_property(propname, native:)

since 0.58.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Checks whether the given property exist in a native or cross file.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBpropname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Name of the property in the cross / native file.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR
.br
.RS 2
Setting `native` to `true` forces retrieving a variable from the
native file, even when cross-compiling.
If `native: false` or not specified, the variable is retrieved from the
cross-file if cross-compiling, and from the native-file when not cross-compiling.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS meson.install_dependency_manifest()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR meson.install_dependency_manifest(output_name)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Installs a manifest file
containing a list of all subprojects, their versions and license
files to the file name given as the argument.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBoutput_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
Name of the manifest file to install
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS meson.is_cross_build()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR meson.is_cross_build()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns `true` if the current build is a \fIcross build\fR[35] and `false` otherwise.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.is_subproject()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR meson.is_subproject()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns `true` if the current project is being built as a subproject of some other project and `false` otherwise.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.is_unity()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR meson.is_unity()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns `true` when doing a \fIunity build\fR[36] (multiple sources are combined before compilation to reduce build time) and `false` otherwise.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.override_dependency()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR meson.override_dependency(
.br
.RS 4
name,
.br
dep_object,
.br
native: \fBfalse\fR,
.br
static:,
.br
.RE
)

since 0.54.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Specifies that whenever \fIdependency\fR with `name` is used, Meson should not
look it up on the system but instead return `dep_object`, which may either be
the result of \fIdependency\fR or \fIdeclare_dependency\fR.

Doing this in a subproject allows the parent
project to retrieve the dependency without having to know the dependency
variable name: `dependency(name, fallback : subproject_name)`.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the dependency to override.
.RE

\fBdep_object\fR
\fIdep\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The dependency to set as the override for `name`.
.RE

.RE
\fBKWARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBnative\fR
\fIbool\fR, default: false
.br
.RS 2
If set to `true`, the dependency is always overwritten for the build machine.
Otherwise, the dependency is overwritten for the host machine, which
differs from the build machine when cross-compiling.
.RE

\fBstatic\fR
\fIbool\fR, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
Used to override static and/or shared dependencies separately.
If not specified it is assumed
`dep_object` follows `default_library` option value.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS meson.override_find_program()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIvoid\fR meson.override_find_program(progname, program)

since 0.46.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
specifies that whenever \fIfind_program\fR is used to find a program
named `progname`, Meson should not look it up on the system but
instead return `program`, which may either be the result of
\fIfind_program\fR, \fIconfigure_file\fR or \fIexecutable\fR.

\fB(since 0.55.0)\fR If a version
check is passed to \fIfind_program\fR for a program that has been overridden with
an executable, the current project version is used.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBprogname\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the program to override.
.RE

\fBprogram\fR
\fIexe | file | external_program\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The program to set as the override for `progname`.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS meson.project_build_root()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR meson.project_build_root()

since 0.56.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a string with the absolute path to the build root directory of the current (sub)project.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.project_license()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlist[str]\fR meson.project_license()

since 0.45.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the array of licenses specified in \fIproject\fR function call.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.project_name()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR meson.project_name()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the project name specified in the \fIproject\fR function call.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.project_source_root()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR meson.project_source_root()

since 0.56.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a string with the absolute path to the source root directory of the current (sub)project.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.project_version()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR meson.project_version()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns the version string specified in \fIproject\fR function call.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS meson.source_root()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR meson.source_root()

\fBdeprecated\fR since 0.56.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a string with the absolute path to the source root directory.

This function will return the source root of the
parent project if called from a subproject, which is usually not what you want.
Try using \fImeson.current_source_dir\fR or \fImeson.project_source_root\fR.
In the rare cases where the root of the main project is needed,
use \fImeson.global_source_root\fR that has the same behaviour but with a more explicit
name.
.RE

\fBNOTES\fR
.RS 4
You should use the \fIfiles\fR function
to refer to files in the root source directory instead of
constructing paths manually with \fImeson.source_root\fR.
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS meson.version()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR meson.version()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Return a string with the version of Meson.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS module.found()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR module.found()

since 0.59.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns `true` if the module was successfully imported, otherwise `false`.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS runresult.compiled()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR runresult.compiled()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
If `true`, the compilation succeeded, if `false` it did not
and the other methods return unspecified data. This is only available
for `compiler.run()` results.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS runresult.returncode()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIint\fR runresult.returncode()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
The return code of executing the compiled binary
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS runresult.stderr()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR runresult.stderr()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
The standard error produced when the command was run.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS runresult.stdout()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR runresult.stdout()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
The standard out produced when the command was run.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS str.contains()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR str.contains(fragment)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns `true` if string contains the string specified as the argument.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfragment\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string fragment to check
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
target = 'x86_FreeBSD'
.br
is_fbsd = target.to_lower().contains('freebsd')
.br
# is_fbsd now has the boolean value 'true'
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS str.endswith()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR str.endswith(fragment)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns true if string ends with the string specified as the argument.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfragment\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string fragment to check
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
target = 'x86_FreeBSD'
.br
is_bsd = target.to_lower().endswith('bsd') # boolean value 'true'
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS str.format()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR str.format(fmt, value...)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Strings can be built using the string formatting functionality.

See \fIthe Meson syntax entry\fR[37] for more
information.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfmt\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string to format.

The formatting works by replacing placeholders of type `@number@` with
the corresponding varargs.
.RE

.RE
\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvalue\fR
\fIint | bool | str\fR, 0...N times
.br
.RS 2
The values to replace the @number@ placeholders in the format string.
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
template = 'string: @0@, number: @1@, bool: @2@'
.br
res = template.format('text', 1, true)
.br
# res now has value 'string: text, number: 1, bool: true'
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS str.join()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR str.join(strings...)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
The opposite of split,
for example `'.'.join(['a', 'b', 'c']` yields `'a.b.c'`.
.RE

\fBVARARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBstrings\fR
\fIstr\fR, 0...N times, since 0.60.0
.br
.RS 2
The strings to join with the current string.

Before Meson \fB0.60.0\fR this function only accepts a single positional
argument of the type \fIlist[str\fR].
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
# Similar to the Python str.join()
.br
output = ' '.join(['foo', 'bar'])
.br
# Output value is 'foo bar'
.br
pathsep = ':'
.br
path = pathsep.join(['/usr/bin', '/bin', '/usr/local/bin'])
.br
# path now has the value '/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin'
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS str.replace()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR str.replace(old, new)

since 0.58.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Search all occurrences of `old` and and replace it with `new`
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBold\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The substring to search
.RE

\fBnew\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The replacement string
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
# Replaces all instances of one substring with another
.br
s = 'semicolons;as;separators'
.br
s = s.replace('as', 'are')
.br
# 's' now has the value of 'semicolons;are;separators'
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS str.split()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIlist[str]\fR str.split([split_string])
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Splits the string at the specified character
(or whitespace if not set) and returns the parts in an
array.
.RE

\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBsplit_string\fR
\fIstr\fR
.br
.RS 2
Specifies the character / substring where to split the string.
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
# Similar to the Python str.split()
.br
components = 'a b   c d '.split()
.br
# components now has the value ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
.br
components = 'a b   c d '.split(' ')
.br
# components now has the value ['a', 'b', '', '', 'c', 'd', '']
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS str.startswith()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR str.startswith(fragment)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns true if string starts with the string specified as the argument.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfragment\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string fragment to check
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
target = 'x86_FreeBSD'
.br
is_x86 = target.startswith('x86') # boolean value 'true'
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS str.strip()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR str.strip([strip_chars])
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Removes leading/ending spaces and newlines from the string.
.RE

\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBstrip_chars\fR
\fIstr\fR, since 0.43.0
.br
.RS 2
All characters in this string will be stripped.
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
# Similar to the Python str.strip(). Removes leading/ending spaces and newlines
.br
define = ' -Dsomedefine '
.br
stripped_define = define.strip()
.br
# 'stripped_define' now has the value '-Dsomedefine'
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS str.substring()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR str.substring([start], [end])

since 0.56.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns a substring specified from `start` to `end`.
Both `start` and `end` arguments are optional, so, for example, `'foobar'.substring()` will return `'foobar'`.

The method accepts negative values where negative `start` is relative to the end of
string `len(string) - start` as well as negative `end`.
.RE

\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBstart\fR
\fIint\fR
.br
.RS 2
The start position
.RE

\fBend\fR
\fIint\fR
.br
.RS 2
The end position
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
# Similar to the Python str[start:end] syntax
.br
target = 'x86_FreeBSD'
.br
platform = target.substring(0, 3) # prefix string value 'x86'
.br
system = target.substring(4) # suffix string value 'FreeBSD'
.br
.RE
Example with negative values:
.RS 4
string = 'foobar'
.br
string.substring(-5, -3) # => 'oo'
.br
string.substring(1, -1) # => 'ooba'
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS str.to_int()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIint\fR str.to_int()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Converts the string to an int and throws an error if it can't be
.RE

\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
version = '1'
.br
# Converts the string to an int and throws an error if it can't be
.br
ver_int = version.to_int()
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS str.to_lower()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR str.to_lower()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Converts all characters to lower case
.RE

\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
target = 'x86_FreeBSD'
.br
lower = target.to_lower() # t now has the value 'x86_freebsd'
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS str.to_upper()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR str.to_upper()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Converts all characters to upper case
.RE

\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
target = 'x86_FreeBSD'
.br
upper = target.to_upper() # t now has the value 'X86_FREEBSD'
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS str.underscorify()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIstr\fR str.underscorify()
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Creates a string where every non-alphabetical non-number character is replaced with `_`.
.RE

\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
name = 'Meson Docs.txt#Reference-manual'
.br
# Replaces all characters other than `a-zA-Z0-9` with `_` (underscore)
.br
# Useful for substituting into #defines, filenames, etc.
.br
underscored = name.underscorify()
.br
# underscored now has the value 'Meson_Docs_txt_Reference_manual'
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS str.version_compare()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR str.version_compare(compare_string)
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Does semantic version comparison.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBcompare_string\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The string to compare to.
.RE

.RE
\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
version = '1.2.3'
.br
# Compare version numbers semantically
.br
is_new = version.version_compare('>=2.0')
.br
# is_new now has the boolean value false
.br
# Supports the following operators: '>', '<', '>=', '<=', '!=', '==', '='
.br
.RE
Meson version comparison conventions include:
.RS 4
\'3.6'.version_compare('>=3.6.0') == false
.br
.RE
It is best to be unambiguous and specify the full revision level to compare.
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS subproject.found()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIbool\fR subproject.found()

since 0.48.0
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
Returns whether the subproject was successfully setup.
.RE

.RE
.P
.SS subproject.get_variable()
.RS 0
\fBSYNOPSIS\fR
.RS 4
\fIany\fR subproject.get_variable(var_name, [fallback])
.RE

\fBDESCRIPTION\fR
.RS 4
fetches the specified variable from inside the subproject.
This is useful to, for instance, get a
\fIdeclare_dependency\fR from the \fIsubproject\fR[24].

If the variable does not exist, the variable `fallback` is returned.
If a fallback is not specified, then attempting to read a non-existing
variable will cause a fatal error.
.RE

\fBPOSARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBvar_name\fR
\fIstr\fR, \fBrequired\fR
.br
.RS 2
The name of the variable to query
.RE

.RE
\fBOPTARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fBfallback\fR
\fIany\fR
.br
.RS 2
The fallback value to return if `var_name` does not exist.
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SH OBJECTS
.P
.SS alias_tgt
.RS 2
\fBextends: \fRtgt
.br
\fBreturned_by: \fRalias_target
.br

Opaque object returned by \fIalias_target\fR.

.RE
.P
.SS any
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRget_variable, get, get, get_cross_property, get_external_property, get_variable
.br

A placeholder representing all types.
This includes builtin, as well as returned objects.

.RE
.P
.SS bool
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRadd_languages, get_option, is_disabler, is_variable, found, get, get_unquoted, has, check_header, compiles, has_argument, has_function, has_function_attribute, has_header, has_header_symbol, has_link_argument, has_member, has_members, has_multi_arguments, has_multi_link_arguments, has_type, links, symbols_have_underscore_prefix, found, has_key, found, found, allowed, auto, disabled, enabled, is_even, is_odd, contains, can_run_host_binaries, has_exe_wrapper, has_external_property, is_cross_build, is_subproject, is_unity, found, compiled, contains, endswith, startswith, version_compare, found
.br

A boolean object which is either `true` or `false`

.RE
.P
.SS both_libs
.RS 2
since 0.46.0
.br
\fBextends: \fRlib
.br
\fBreturned_by: \fRboth_libraries
.br

Container for both a static and shared library.

.RE
.P
.SS build_machine
.RS 2
\fBextended_by: \fRhost_machine, target_machine
.br

Provides information about the build machine -- the machine that is doing the actual compilation.
See \fICross-compilation\fR[34].

Currently, these values are populated using
\fI`platform.system()`\fR[38] and
\fI`platform.machine()`\fR[39].
If you think the returned values for any of these are incorrect for
your system or CPU, or if your OS is not in the linked table, please
\fIfile a bug\fR[40] report
with details and we'll look into it.

.RE
.P
.SS build_tgt
.RS 2
\fBextends: \fRtgt
.br
\fBreturned_by: \fRbuild_target, shared_module
.br
\fBextended_by: \fRexe, jar, lib
.br

A build target is either an executable, shared library, static library,
both shared and static library or shared module.

.RE
.P
.SS cfg_data
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRconfiguration_data
.br

This object encapsulates
configuration values to be used for generating configuration files. A
more in-depth description can be found in the \fIthe configuration wiki
page\fR[8].

.RE
.P
.SS cmake
.RS 2

The CMake module

.RE
.P
.SS cmake_options
.RS 2
since 0.55.0
.br
\fBreturned_by: \fRsubproject_options
.br

Central configuration object for CMake subprojects

.RE
.P
.SS compiler
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRget_compiler
.br

This object is returned by \fImeson.get_compiler\fR.
It represents a compiler for a given language and allows you to query its properties.

\fBNOTES\fR
.RS 4
These compiler checks do not use compiler arguments added
with `add_*_arguments()`, via `-Dlang_args` on the command-line, or
through `CFLAGS`/`LDFLAGS`, etc in the environment. Hence, you can
trust that the tests will be fully self-contained, and won't fail
because of custom flags added by other parts of the build file or by
users.
Note that if you have a single prefix with all your dependencies, you
might find it easier to append to the environment variables
`C_INCLUDE_PATH` with GCC/Clang and `INCLUDE` with MSVC to expand the
default include path, and `LIBRARY_PATH` with GCC/Clang and `LIB` with
MSVC to expand the default library search path.

However, with GCC, these variables will be ignored when
cross-compiling. In that case you need to use a specs file. See:
http://www.mingw.org/wiki/SpecsFileHOWTO
.RE
.RE
.P
.SS custom_idx
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fR[index]
.br

References a specific output file of a \fIcustom_tgt\fR object.

.RE
.P
.SS custom_tgt
.RS 2
\fBextends: \fRtgt
.br
\fBreturned_by: \fRcustom_target, vcs_tag
.br

This object is returned by \fIcustom_target\fR and contains a target with the following methods:

.RE
.P
.SS dep
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRdeclare_dependency, dependency, find_library, as_link_whole, as_system, partial_dependency
.br

Abstract representation of a dependency

.RE
.P
.SS dict
.RS 2
since 0.47.0
.br

Stores a mapping of strings to other objects. See \fIdictionaries\fR[41].

You can also iterate over dictionaries with the \fI`foreach`
statement\fR[28].

\fB(since 0.48.0)\fR Dictionaries can be added (e.g. `d1 = d2 + d3` and `d1 += d2`).
Values from the second dictionary overrides values from the first.

.RE
.P
.SS disabler
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRdisabler
.br

A disabler object is an object that behaves in much the same way as
NaN numbers do in floating point math. That is when used in any
statement (function call, logical op, etc) they will cause the
statement evaluation to immediately short circuit to return a disabler
object. A disabler object has one method:

.RE
.P
.SS env
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRenvironment
.br

This object is returned by \fIenvironment\fR and stores
detailed information about how environment variables should be set
during tests. It should be passed as the `env` keyword argument to
tests and other functions.

\fBSince 0.58.0\fR \fIenv.append\fR and \fIenv.prepend\fR can be called multiple times
on the same `varname`. Earlier Meson versions would warn and only the last
operation took effect.

\fBEXAMPLE\fR
.RS 4

.RS 4
env = environment()
.br

.br
# MY_PATH will be '0:1:2:3'
.br
env.set('MY_PATH', '1')
.br
env.append('MY_PATH', '2')
.br
env.append('MY_PATH', '3')
.br
env.prepend('MY_PATH', '0')
.br
.RE

.RE
.RE
.P
.SS exe
.RS 2
\fBextends: \fRbuild_tgt
.br
\fBreturned_by: \fRexecutable
.br

An executable

.RE
.P
.SS external_program
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRfind_program
.br

Opaque object representing an external program

.RE
.P
.SS extracted_obj
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRextract_all_objects, extract_objects
.br

Opaque object representing extracted object files from build targets

.RE
.P
.SS feature
.RS 2
since 0.47.0
.br
\fBreturned_by: \fRget_option, disable_auto_if, require
.br

Meson object representing a \fI`feature` options\fR[0]

.RE
.P
.SS file
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRconfigure_file
.br

Opaque object that stores the path to an existing file

.RE
.P
.SS generated_list
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRprocess
.br

Opaque object representing the result of a \fIgenerator.process\fR call.

.RE
.P
.SS generator
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRgenerator
.br

This object is returned by \fIgenerator\fR and contains a
generator that is used to transform files from one type to another by
an executable (e.g. `idl` files into source code and headers).

.RE
.P
.SS host_machine
.RS 2
\fBextends: \fRbuild_machine
.br

Provides information about the host machine -- the machine on which the
compiled binary will run. See
\fICross-compilation\fR[34].

It has the same methods as \fIbuild_machine\fR.

When not cross-compiling, all the methods return the same values as
\fIbuild_machine\fR (because the build machine is the host machine)

Note that while cross-compiling, it simply returns the values defined
in the cross-info file.

.RE
.P
.SS inc
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRinclude_directories, private_dir_include
.br

Opaque wrapper for storing include directories

.RE
.P
.SS int
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRget_option, to_int, get, get_unquoted, alignment, compute_int, sizeof, length, returncode, to_int
.br

All integer numbers. See \fINumbers\fR[42] for more information.

.RE
.P
.SS jar
.RS 2
\fBextends: \fRbuild_tgt
.br
\fBreturned_by: \fRjar
.br

A Java JAR build target

.RE
.P
.SS lib
.RS 2
\fBextends: \fRbuild_tgt
.br
\fBreturned_by: \fRlibrary, shared_library, static_library, get_shared_lib, get_static_lib
.br
\fBextended_by: \fRboth_libs
.br

Represents either a shared or static library

.RE
.P
.SS list
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRfiles, get_option, keys, cmd_array, first_supported_argument, first_supported_link_argument, get_supported_arguments, get_supported_function_attributes, get_supported_link_arguments, preprocess, to_list, keys, project_license, split
.br

An array of elements. See \fIarrays\fR[43].

.RE
.P
.SS meson
.RS 2

The `meson` object allows you to introspect various properties of the
system. This object is always mapped in the `meson` variable.

.RE
.P
.SS module
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRimport
.br

Base type for all modules.

Modules provide their own specific implementation methods, but all modules
proivide the following methods:

.RE
.P
.SS range
.RS 2
since 0.58.0
.br
\fBreturned_by: \fRrange
.br

Opaque object that can be used in a loop and accessed via `[num]`.

.RE
.P
.SS run_tgt
.RS 2
\fBextends: \fRtgt
.br
\fBreturned_by: \fRrun_target
.br

Opaque object returned by \fIrun_target\fR.

.RE
.P
.SS runresult
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRrun_command, run
.br

This object encapsulates the result of trying to compile and run a
sample piece of code with \fIcompiler.run\fR or
\fIrun_command\fR.

.RE
.P
.SS str
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRget_option, join_paths, to_string, cpu, cpu_family, endian, system, full_path, name, path, get, get_unquoted, get_argument_syntax, get_define, get_id, get_linker_id, version, full_path, full_path, get_configtool_variable, get_pkgconfig_variable, get_variable, include_type, name, type_name, version, full_path, path, version, to_string, backend, build_root, current_build_dir, current_source_dir, global_build_root, global_source_root, project_build_root, project_name, project_source_root, project_version, source_root, version, stderr, stdout, format, join, replace, strip, substring, to_lower, to_upper, underscorify
.br

All \fIstrings\fR[44] have the following methods. Strings
are immutable, all operations return their results as a new string.

.RE
.P
.SS structured_src
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRstructured_sources
.br

Opaque object returned by \fIstructured_sources\fR.

.RE
.P
.SS subproject
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRsubproject
.br

This object is returned by \fIsubproject\fR and is an opaque object representing it.

.RE
.P
.SS target_machine
.RS 2
\fBextends: \fRbuild_machine
.br

Provides information about the target machine -- the machine on which
the compiled binary's output will run. Hence, this object should only
be used while cross-compiling a compiler. See
\fICross-compilation\fR[34].

It has the same methods as \fIbuild_machine\fR.

When all compilation is 'native', all the methods return the same
values as \fIbuild_machine\fR (because the build machine is the host
machine and the target machine).

Note that while cross-compiling, it simply returns the values defined
in the cross-info file. If `target_machine` values are not defined in
the cross-info file, `host_machine` values are returned instead.

.RE
.P
.SS tgt
.RS 2
\fBextended_by: \fRalias_tgt, build_tgt, custom_tgt, run_tgt
.br

Opaque base object for all Meson targets

.RE
.P
.SS void
.RS 2
\fBreturned_by: \fRadd_global_arguments, add_global_link_arguments, add_project_arguments, add_project_dependencies, add_project_link_arguments, add_test_setup, assert, benchmark, debug, error, install_data, install_emptydir, install_headers, install_man, install_subdir, install_symlink, message, project, set_variable, subdir, subdir_done, summary, test, unset_variable, warning, merge_from, set, set10, set_quoted, add_cmake_defines, append, prepend, set, add_devenv, add_dist_script, add_install_script, add_postconf_script, install_dependency_manifest, override_dependency, override_find_program
.br

Indicates that the function does not return anything.
Similar to `void` in C and C++

.RE
.P
.SH SEE ALSO
[1] Build-options.md#features
.br
[2] Unit-tests.md
.br
[3] https://www.testanything.org/
.br
[4] https://ninja-build.org/manual.html#ref_dependencies
.br
[5] https://ninja-build.org/manual.html#ref_headers
.br
[6] https://dlang.org/spec/version.html#version
.br
[7] https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Visibility
.br
[8] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/subsystem-specify-subsystem
.br
[9] Configuration.md
.br
[10] https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html#standard-encodings
.br
[11] https://ninja-build.org/manual.html#_the_literal_console_literal_pool
.br
[12] Dependencies.md#cmake
.br
[13] Dependencies.md#dependencies-with-custom-lookup-functionality
.br
[14] Wrap-dependency-system-manual.md#provide-section
.br
[15] 
Dependencies.md#dependencies-with-custom-lookup-functionality
.br
[16] Builtin-options.md#core-options
.br
[17] Machine-files.md#binaries
.br
[18] Build-options.md
.br
[19] Builtin-options.md#universal-options
.br
[20] Installing.md
.br
[21] https://mesonbuild.com/Builtin-options.html
.br
[22] https://spdx.dev/ids/
.br
[23] https://spdx.org/licenses/
.br
[24] External-commands.md
.br
[25] Subprojects.md
.br
[26] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/mallopt.3.html
.br
[27] Reference-tables.md#cpu-families
.br
[28] Reference-tables.md#operating-system-names
.br
[29] Syntax.md#foreach-statements
.br
[30] Reference-tables.md#compiler-ids
.br
[31] Reference-tables.md#linker-ids
.br
[32] Reference-tables.md#gcc-__attribute__
.br
[33] Commands.md#devenv
.br
[34] Reference-tables.md#language-arguments-parameter-names
.br
[35] Cross-compilation.md
.br
[36] Unity-builds.md
.br
[37] Syntax.md#string-formatting
.br
[38] https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/platform.html#platform.system
.br
[39] https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/platform.html#platform.machine
.br
[40] https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/new
.br
[41] Syntax.md#dictionaries
.br
[42] Syntax.md#numbers
.br
[43] Syntax.md#arrays
.br
[44] Syntax.md#strings
.br
