Interpreter: Fix c_stdlib usage

- Exceptions raised during subproject setup were ignored.
- Allow c_stdlib in native file, was already half supported.
- Eliminate usage of subproject variable name by overriding
  '<lang>_stdlib' dependency name.

2 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/docs/markdown/Cross-compilation.md b/docs/markdown/Cross-compilation.md
index d86d417..c8cd728 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Cross-compilation.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Cross-compilation.md
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ invocation to use in your cross file is the following:
 
 ```ini
 [properties]
-c_stdlib = ['mylibc', 'mylibc_dep'] # Subproject name, dependency name
+c_stdlib = ['mylibc', 'mylibc_dep'] # Subproject name, variable name
 ```
 
 This specifies that C standard library is provided in the Meson
@@ -277,6 +277,18 @@ is used on every cross built C target in the entire source tree
 (including subprojects) and the standard library is disabled. The
 build definitions of these targets do not need any modification.
 
+Note that it is supported for any language, not only `c`, using `<lang>_stdlib`
+property.
+
+Since *0.56.0* the variable name parameter is no longer required as long as the
+subproject calls `meson.override_dependency('c_stdlib', mylibc_dep)`.
+The above example becomes:
+
+```ini
+[properties]
+c_stdlib = 'mylibc'
+```
+
 ## Changing cross file settings
 
 Cross file settings are only read when the build directory is set up
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/stdlib.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/stdlib.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e80dd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/stdlib.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+## Custom standard library
+
+- It is not limited to cross builds any more, `<lang>_stdlib` property can be
+  set in native files.
+- The variable name parameter is no longer required as long as the subproject
+  calls `meson.override_dependency('c_stdlib', mylibc_dep)`.