Remove helpers.check_stringlist()

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/primitives/string.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/primitives/string.py
index 6b7155a..82da6ce 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/primitives/string.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/primitives/string.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class StringHolder(ObjectHolder[str]):
         # Use actual methods for functions that require additional checks
         self.operators.update({
             MesonOperator.DIV: self.op_div,
+            MesonOperator.INDEX: self.op_index,
         })
 
     def display_name(self) -> str:
@@ -162,6 +163,13 @@ class StringHolder(ObjectHolder[str]):
     def op_div(self, other: str) -> str:
         return (PurePath(self.held_object) / other).as_posix()
 
+    @typed_operator(MesonOperator.INDEX, int)
+    def op_index(self, other: int) -> str:
+        try:
+            return self.held_object[other]
+        except IndexError:
+            raise InvalidArguments(f'Index {other} out of bounds of string of size {len(self.held_object)}.')
+
 
 class MesonVersionString(str):
     pass