8 files changed, 39 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md
index b20c14a..6f34e5e 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ These are all the supported keyword arguments:
 
 Create a custom top level build target. The only positional argument is the name of this target and the keyword arguments are the following.
 
-- `input` list of source files
+- `input` list of source files. As of 0.41.0 the list will be flattened.
 - `output` list of output files
 - `command` command to run to create outputs from inputs. The command may be strings or the return of `find_program()` or `executable()` (note: always specify commands in array form `['commandname', '-arg1', '-arg2']` rather than as a string `'commandname -arg1 -arg2'` as the latter will *not* work)
 - `install` when true, this target is installed during the install step
@@ -228,8 +228,8 @@ With the Ninja backend, Meson will create a build-time [order-only dependency](h
 
 Executable supports the following keyword arguments. Note that just like the positional arguments above, these keyword arguments can also be passed to [shared and static libraries](#library).
 
-- `link_with`, one or more shared or static libraries (built by this project) that this target should be linked with
-- `link_whole` links all contents of the given static libraries whether they are used by not, equivalent to the `-Wl,--whole-archive` argument flag of GCC, available since 0.40.0
+- `link_with`, one or more shared or static libraries (built by this project) that this target should be linked with, If passed a list this list will be flattened as of 0.41.0.
+- `link_whole` links all contents of the given static libraries whether they are used by not, equivalent to the `-Wl,--whole-archive` argument flag of GCC, available since 0.40.0. As of 0.41.0 if passed a list that list will be flattened.
 - `<languagename>_pch` precompiled header file to use for the given language
 - `<languagename>_args` compiler flags to use for the given language; eg: `cpp_args` for C++
 - `link_args` flags to use during linking. You can use UNIX-style flags here for all platforms.
diff --git a/mesonbuild/build.py b/mesonbuild/build.py
index 0d58394..c2d4583 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/build.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/build.py
@@ -638,9 +638,7 @@ class BuildTarget(Target):
             self.vala_gir = kwargs.get('vala_gir', None)
         dlist = stringlistify(kwargs.get('d_args', []))
         self.add_compiler_args('d', dlist)
-        self.link_args = kwargs.get('link_args', [])
-        if not isinstance(self.link_args, list):
-            self.link_args = [self.link_args]
+        self.link_args = flatten(kwargs.get('link_args', []))
         for i in self.link_args:
             if not isinstance(i, str):
                 raise InvalidArguments('Link_args arguments must be strings.')
@@ -813,9 +811,7 @@ You probably should put it in link_with instead.''')
         return self.external_deps
 
     def link(self, target):
-        if not isinstance(target, list):
-            target = [target]
-        for t in target:
+        for t in flatten(target):
             if hasattr(t, 'held_object'):
                 t = t.held_object
             if not isinstance(t, (StaticLibrary, SharedLibrary)):
@@ -829,9 +825,7 @@ You probably should put it in link_with instead.''')
             self.link_targets.append(t)
 
     def link_whole(self, target):
-        if not isinstance(target, list):
-            target = [target]
-        for t in target:
+        for t in flatten(target):
             if hasattr(t, 'held_object'):
                 t = t.held_object
             if not isinstance(t, StaticLibrary):
@@ -1443,8 +1437,7 @@ class CustomTarget(Target):
     def process_kwargs(self, kwargs):
         super().process_kwargs(kwargs)
         self.sources = kwargs.get('input', [])
-        if not isinstance(self.sources, list):
-            self.sources = [self.sources]
+        self.sources = flatten(self.sources)
         if 'output' not in kwargs:
             raise InvalidArguments('Missing keyword argument "output".')
         self.outputs = kwargs['output']
diff --git a/mesonbuild/mesonlib.py b/mesonbuild/mesonlib.py
index 54e8016..6937502 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mesonlib.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mesonlib.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ def classify_unity_sources(compilers, sources):
 
 def flatten(item):
     if not isinstance(item, list):
-        return item
+        return [item]
     result = []
     for i in item:
         if isinstance(i, list):
diff --git a/test cases/common/150 nested links/meson.build b/test cases/common/150 nested links/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0821b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/common/150 nested links/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+project('test', 'c')
+
+libxserver_dri3 = []
+libxserver = [ libxserver_dri3 ]
+
+executable('Xephyr', 'xephyr.c', link_with: [ libxserver ])
+
+executable('Zephyr', 'xephyr.c', link_args: [[], []])
diff --git a/test cases/common/150 nested links/xephyr.c b/test cases/common/150 nested links/xephyr.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33c14ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/common/150 nested links/xephyr.c
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+int main() {
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test cases/common/151 list of file sources/foo b/test cases/common/151 list of file sources/foo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b57bd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/common/151 list of file sources/foo
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+some text
diff --git a/test cases/common/151 list of file sources/gen.py b/test cases/common/151 list of file sources/gen.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2337d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/common/151 list of file sources/gen.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+        raise Exception('Requires exactly 2 args')
+    shutil.copy2(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
diff --git a/test cases/common/151 list of file sources/meson.build b/test cases/common/151 list of file sources/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..819509d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/common/151 list of file sources/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+project('test', 'c')
+
+mod_py = import('python3')
+python = mod_py.find_python()
+
+test_target = custom_target(
+  'test_target',
+  input : [files('gen.py'), files('foo')],
+  output : 'bar',
+  command : [python, '@INPUT0@', '@INPUT1@', '@OUTPUT@'],
+  build_by_default : true,
+)