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author | Xavier Claessens <xavier.claessens@collabora.com> | 2018-10-04 15:19:26 -0400 |
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committer | Xavier Claessens <xavier.claessens@collabora.com> | 2018-10-04 20:18:56 -0400 |
commit | b6fc063b13ff53c6c36abeb592983f50da995e3b (patch) | |
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Add documentation and release notes for 'in', 'continue' and 'break'
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Syntax.md b/docs/markdown/Syntax.md index ff4c142..22b8be3 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Syntax.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Syntax.md @@ -283,6 +283,17 @@ Note appending to an array will always create a new array object and assign it to `my_array` instead of modifying the original since all objects in Meson are immutable. +Since 0.49.0, you can check if an array contains an element like this: +```meson +my_array = [1, 2] +if 1 in my_array +# This condition is true +endif +if 1 not in my_array +# This condition is false +endif +``` + #### Array methods The following methods are defined for all arrays: @@ -316,6 +327,20 @@ Dictionaries are available since 0.47.0. Visit the [Reference Manual](Reference-manual.md#dictionary-object) to read about the methods exposed by dictionaries. +Since 0.49.0, you can check if a dictionary contains a key like this: +```meson +my_dict = {'foo': 42, 'foo': 43} +if 'foo' in my_dict +# This condition is true +endif +if 42 in my_dict +# This condition is false +endif +if 'foo' not in my_dict +# This condition is false +endif +``` + Function calls -- @@ -432,6 +457,24 @@ foreach name, sources : components endforeach ``` +### Foreach `break` and `continue` + +Since 0.49.0 `break` and `continue` keywords can be used inside foreach loops. + +```meson +items = ['a', 'continue', 'b', 'break', 'c'] +result = [] +foreach i : items + if i == 'continue' + continue + elif i == 'break' + break + endif + result += i +endforeach +# result is ['a', 'b'] +``` + Comments -- |