build: add ability to set initial value of EnvironmentVariables

Which is useful as we move the validation out of the the
EnvironmentVariablesObject

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/build.py b/mesonbuild/build.py
index 62f6f6e..bc4065b 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/build.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/build.py
@@ -426,11 +426,15 @@ class ExtractedObjects(HoldableObject):
         ]
 
 class EnvironmentVariables(HoldableObject):
-    def __init__(self) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, values: T.Optional[T.Dict[str, str]] = None) -> None:
         self.envvars: T.List[T.Tuple[T.Callable[[T.Dict[str, str], str, T.List[str], str], str], str, T.List[str], str]] = []
         # The set of all env vars we have operations for. Only used for self.has_name()
         self.varnames: T.Set[str] = set()
 
+        if values:
+            for name, value in values.items():
+                self.set(name, [value])
+
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         repr_str = "<{0}: {1}>"
         return repr_str.format(self.__class__.__name__, self.envvars)