There are two different kinds of extensions: modules that create new

objects directly and snippets that just call into interpreter methods.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/__init__.py b/mesonbuild/modules/__init__.py
index 16cada0..c7f24d4 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/__init__.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ from ..mesonlib import MesonException
 
 _found_programs = {}
 
+class ExtensionModule:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.snippets = set() # List of methods that operate only on the interpreter.
+
+    def is_snippet(self, funcname):
+        return funcname in self.snippets
+
 def find_program(program_name, target_name):
     if program_name in _found_programs:
         return _found_programs[program_name]