Add missing method on external library object: type_name() (#3845)

For some reason this was missing, but it should've always existed
since cc.find_library() returns an object that is internally an
ExternalDependency instance.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
index 63b817a..0fe702f 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ class NonExistingExternalProgram(ExternalProgram):
 
 class ExternalLibrary(ExternalDependency):
     def __init__(self, name, link_args, environment, language, silent=False):
-        super().__init__('external', environment, language, {})
+        super().__init__('library', environment, language, {})
         self.name = name
         self.language = language
         self.is_found = False
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
index 833e982..2c54eae 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ class ExternalLibraryHolder(InterpreterObject, ObjectHolder):
         InterpreterObject.__init__(self)
         ObjectHolder.__init__(self, el, pv)
         self.methods.update({'found': self.found_method,
+                             'type_name': self.type_name_method,
                              'partial_dependency': self.partial_dependency_method,
                              })
 
@@ -491,6 +492,11 @@ class ExternalLibraryHolder(InterpreterObject, ObjectHolder):
 
     @noPosargs
     @permittedKwargs({})
+    def type_name_method(self, args, kwargs):
+        return self.held_object.type_name
+
+    @noPosargs
+    @permittedKwargs({})
     def found_method(self, args, kwargs):
         return self.found()