interpreter: Add FileHolder and remove specical case for File

3 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
index 726a240..b4cdb57 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreter.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ from .interpreterobjects import (SubprojectHolder, MachineHolder, EnvironmentVar
                                  SharedModuleHolder, HeadersHolder, BothLibrariesHolder,
                                  BuildTargetHolder, DataHolder, JarHolder, Test, RunProcess,
                                  ManHolder, GeneratorHolder, InstallDirHolder, extract_required_kwarg,
-                                 extract_search_dirs, MutableModuleObjectHolder)
+                                 extract_search_dirs, MutableModuleObjectHolder, FileHolder)
 from .dependencyfallbacks import DependencyFallbacksHolder
 
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
     from . import kwargs
 
     # Input source types passed to Targets
-    SourceInputs = T.Union[mesonlib.File, GeneratedListHolder, TargetHolder,
+    SourceInputs = T.Union[FileHolder, GeneratedListHolder, TargetHolder,
                            CustomTargetIndexHolder, GeneratedObjectsHolder, str]
     # Input source types passed to the build.Target5 classes
     SourceOutputs = T.Union[mesonlib.File, build.GeneratedList,
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ class Interpreter(InterpreterBase):
 
         if isinstance(item, build.CustomTarget):
             return CustomTargetHolder(item, self)
-        elif isinstance(item, (int, str, bool, InterpreterObject, mesonlib.File)) or item is None:
+        elif isinstance(item, (int, str, bool, InterpreterObject)) or item is None:
             return item
         elif isinstance(item, build.Executable):
             return ExecutableHolder(item, self)
@@ -414,8 +414,8 @@ class Interpreter(InterpreterBase):
             return MutableModuleObjectHolder(item, self)
         elif isinstance(item, ModuleObject):
             return ModuleObjectHolder(item, self)
-        elif isinstance(item, InterpreterObject):
-            return item
+        elif isinstance(item, mesonlib.File):
+            return FileHolder(item)
         else:
             raise InterpreterException('Module returned a value of unknown type.')
 
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreterobjects.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreterobjects.py
index 4ae107d..e27c1f7 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreterobjects.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/interpreterobjects.py
@@ -662,6 +662,10 @@ class IncludeDirsHolder(ObjectHolder[build.IncludeDirs]):
     def __init__(self, idobj: build.IncludeDirs):
         super().__init__(idobj)
 
+class FileHolder(ObjectHolder[mesonlib.File]):
+    def __init__(self, fobj: mesonlib.File):
+        super().__init__(fobj)
+
 class HeadersHolder(ObjectHolder[build.Headers]):
     def __init__(self, obj: build.Headers):
         super().__init__(obj)
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/interpreterbase.py b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/interpreterbase.py
index 05ea11f..be90049 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/interpreterbase.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreterbase/interpreterbase.py
@@ -545,8 +545,6 @@ The result of this is undefined and will become a hard error in a future Meson r
             return self.array_method_call(obj, method_name, args, kwargs)
         if isinstance(obj, dict):
             return self.dict_method_call(obj, method_name, args, kwargs)
-        if isinstance(obj, mesonlib.File):
-            raise InvalidArguments('File object "%s" is not callable.' % obj)
         if not isinstance(obj, InterpreterObject):
             raise InvalidArguments('Variable "%s" is not callable.' % object_name)
         # Special case. This is the only thing you can do with a disabler
@@ -867,7 +865,7 @@ To specify a keyword argument, use : instead of =.''')
 
     def is_assignable(self, value: T.Any) -> bool:
         return isinstance(value, (InterpreterObject, dependencies.Dependency,
-                                  str, int, list, dict, mesonlib.File))
+                                  str, int, list, dict))
 
     def validate_extraction(self, buildtarget: InterpreterObject) -> None:
         raise InterpreterException('validate_extraction is not implemented in this context (please file a bug)')