Add a meson.version() method returning the version of meson in use (#792)

So user can activate/deactivate features based on it.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
index 80617dd..cafc004 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
@@ -942,6 +942,7 @@ class MesonMain(InterpreterObject):
                              'add_postconf_script' : self.add_postconf_script_method,
                              'install_dependency_manifest': self.install_dependency_manifest_method,
                              'project_version': self.project_version_method,
+                             'version': self.version_method,
                              'project_name' : self.project_name_method,
                              'get_cross_property': self.get_cross_property_method,
                             })
@@ -1040,6 +1041,9 @@ class MesonMain(InterpreterObject):
     def project_version_method(self, args, kwargs):
         return self.build.dep_manifest[self.interpreter.active_projectname]['version']
 
+    def version_method(self, args, kwargs):
+        return coredata.version
+
     def project_name_method(self, args, kwargs):
         return self.interpreter.active_projectname