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-rw-r--r--docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md24
-rw-r--r--docs/markdown/snippets/has-link-argument.md9
-rw-r--r--mesonbuild/compilers/c.py40
-rw-r--r--mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py10
-rw-r--r--mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py10
-rw-r--r--mesonbuild/interpreter.py43
-rw-r--r--test cases/common/191 has link arg/meson.build42
7 files changed, 151 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md
index fad6a3c..42abe75 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md
@@ -1508,7 +1508,11 @@ the following methods:
- `first_supported_argument(list_of_strings)`, given a list of
strings, returns the first argument that passes the `has_argument`
- test above or an empty array if none pass.
+ test or an empty array if none pass.
+
+- `first_supported_link_argument(list_of_strings)` *(added 0.46.0)*, given a
+ list of strings, returns the first argument that passes the
+ `has_link_argument` test or an empty array if none pass.
- `get_define(definename)` returns the given preprocessor symbol's
value as a string or empty string if it is not defined.
@@ -1520,11 +1524,19 @@ the following methods:
an array containing only the arguments supported by the compiler,
as if `has_argument` were called on them individually.
+- `get_supported_link_arguments(list_of_string)` *(added 0.46.0)* returns
+ an array containing only the arguments supported by the linker,
+ as if `has_link_argument` were called on them individually.
+
- `has_argument(argument_name)` returns true if the compiler accepts
the specified command line argument, that is, can compile code
- without erroring out or printing a warning about an unknown flag,
- you can specify external dependencies to use with `dependencies`
- keyword argument.
+ without erroring out or printing a warning about an unknown flag.
+
+- `has_link_argument(argument_name)` *(added 0.46.0)* returns true if the linker
+ accepts the specified command line argument, that is, can compile and link
+ code without erroring out or printing a warning about an unknown flag. Link
+ arguments will be passed to the compiler, so should usually have the `-Wl,`
+ prefix. On VisualStudio a `/link` argument will be prepended.
- `has_function(funcname)` returns true if the given function is
provided by the standard library or a library passed in with the
@@ -1559,6 +1571,10 @@ the following methods:
`has_argument` but takes multiple arguments and uses them all in a
single compiler invocation, available since 0.37.0.
+- `has_multi_link_arguments(arg1, arg2, arg3, ...)` *(added 0.46.0)* is the same
+ as `has_link_argument` but takes multiple arguments and uses them all in a
+ single compiler invocation.
+
- `has_type(typename)` returns true if the specified token is a type,
you can specify external dependencies to use with `dependencies`
keyword argument.
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/has-link-argument.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/has-link-argument.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7beda63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/has-link-argument.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+## has_link_argument() and friends
+
+A new set of methods has been added on compiler objects to test if the linker
+supports given arguments.
+
+- `has_link_argument()`
+- `has_multi_link_arguments()`
+- `get_supported_link_arguments()`
+- `first_supported_link_argument()`
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py
index 29d44c2..b71c6e4 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/c.py
@@ -835,16 +835,30 @@ class CCompiler(Compiler):
return []
return ['-pthread']
+ def linker_to_compiler_args(self, args):
+ return args
+
+ def has_arguments(self, args, env, code, mode):
+ return self.compiles(code, env, extra_args=args, mode=mode)
+
def has_multi_arguments(self, args, env):
for arg in args:
if arg.startswith('-Wl,'):
- mlog.warning('''{} looks like a linker argument, but has_argument
-and other similar methods only support checking compiler arguments.
-Using them to check linker arguments are never supported, and results
-are likely to be wrong regardless of the compiler you are using.
-'''.format(arg))
- return self.compiles('int i;\n', env, extra_args=args)
+ mlog.warning('{} looks like a linker argument, '
+ 'but has_argument and other similar methods only '
+ 'support checking compiler arguments. Using them '
+ 'to check linker arguments are never supported, '
+ 'and results are likely to be wrong regardless of '
+ 'the compiler you are using. has_link_argument or '
+ 'other similar method can be used instead.'
+ .format(arg))
+ code = 'int i;\n'
+ return self.has_arguments(args, env, code, mode='compile')
+ def has_multi_link_arguments(self, args, env):
+ args = self.linker_to_compiler_args(args)
+ code = 'int main(int argc, char **argv) { return 0; }'
+ return self.has_arguments(args, env, code, mode='link')
class ClangCCompiler(ClangCompiler, CCompiler):
def __init__(self, exelist, version, clang_type, is_cross, exe_wrapper=None, **kwargs):
@@ -970,8 +984,8 @@ class IntelCCompiler(IntelCompiler, CCompiler):
def get_std_shared_lib_link_args(self):
return ['-shared']
- def has_multi_arguments(self, args, env):
- return super().has_multi_arguments(args + ['-diag-error', '10006'], env)
+ def has_arguments(self, args, env, code, mode):
+ return super().has_arguments(args + ['-diag-error', '10006'], env, code, mode)
class VisualStudioCCompiler(CCompiler):
@@ -1055,6 +1069,9 @@ class VisualStudioCCompiler(CCompiler):
def get_linker_search_args(self, dirname):
return ['/LIBPATH:' + dirname]
+ def linker_to_compiler_args(self, args):
+ return ['/link'] + args
+
def get_gui_app_args(self):
return ['/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS']
@@ -1135,10 +1152,9 @@ class VisualStudioCCompiler(CCompiler):
# Visual Studio is special. It ignores some arguments it does not
# understand and you can't tell it to error out on those.
# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15259720/how-can-i-make-the-microsoft-c-compiler-treat-unknown-flags-as-errors-rather-t
- def has_multi_arguments(self, args, env):
- warning_text = '9002'
- code = 'int i;\n'
- with self._build_wrapper(code, env, extra_args=args, mode='compile') as p:
+ def has_arguments(self, args, env, code, mode):
+ warning_text = '4044' if mode == 'link' else '9002'
+ with self._build_wrapper(code, env, extra_args=args, mode=mode) as p:
if p.returncode != 0:
return False
return not(warning_text in p.stde or warning_text in p.stdo)
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
index 4ed7a79..c45b252 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
@@ -750,6 +750,11 @@ class Compiler:
'Language {} does not support has_multi_arguments.'.format(
self.get_display_language()))
+ def has_multi_link_arguments(self, args, env):
+ raise EnvironmentException(
+ 'Language {} does not support has_multi_link_arguments.'.format(
+ self.get_display_language()))
+
def get_cross_extra_flags(self, environment, link):
extra_flags = []
if self.is_cross and environment:
@@ -805,7 +810,6 @@ class Compiler:
# Construct the compiler command-line
commands = CompilerArgs(self)
commands.append(srcname)
- commands += extra_args
commands += self.get_always_args()
if mode == 'compile':
commands += self.get_compile_only_args()
@@ -815,6 +819,10 @@ class Compiler:
else:
output = self._get_compile_output(tmpdirname, mode)
commands += self.get_output_args(output)
+ # extra_args must be last because it could contain '/link' to
+ # pass args to VisualStudio's linker. In that case everything
+ # in the command line after '/link' is given to the linker.
+ commands += extra_args
# Generate full command-line with the exelist
commands = self.get_exelist() + commands.to_native()
mlog.debug('Running compile:')
diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
index 238c6de..4c48052 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/cpp.py
@@ -199,16 +199,6 @@ class IntelCPPCompiler(IntelCompiler, CPPCompiler):
def get_option_link_args(self, options):
return []
- def has_multi_arguments(self, args, env):
- for arg in args:
- if arg.startswith('-Wl,'):
- mlog.warning('''{} looks like a linker argument, but has_argument
-and other similar methods only support checking compiler arguments.
-Using them to check linker arguments are never supported, and results
-are likely to be wrong regardless of the compiler you are using.
-'''.format(arg))
- return super().has_multi_arguments(args + ['-diag-error', '10006'], env)
-
class VisualStudioCPPCompiler(VisualStudioCCompiler, CPPCompiler):
def __init__(self, exelist, version, is_cross, exe_wrap, is_64):
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
index 1c71409..b38295f 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter.py
@@ -741,6 +741,10 @@ class CompilerHolder(InterpreterObject):
'has_multi_arguments': self.has_multi_arguments_method,
'get_supported_arguments': self.get_supported_arguments_method,
'first_supported_argument': self.first_supported_argument_method,
+ 'has_link_argument': self.has_link_argument_method,
+ 'has_multi_link_arguments': self.has_multi_link_arguments_method,
+ 'get_supported_link_arguments': self.get_supported_link_arguments_method,
+ 'first_supported_link_argument': self.first_supported_link_argument_method,
'unittest_args': self.unittest_args_method,
'symbols_have_underscore_prefix': self.symbols_have_underscore_prefix_method,
})
@@ -1218,6 +1222,45 @@ class CompilerHolder(InterpreterObject):
mlog.log('First supported argument:', mlog.red('None'))
return []
+ @permittedMethodKwargs({})
+ def has_link_argument_method(self, args, kwargs):
+ args = mesonlib.stringlistify(args)
+ if len(args) != 1:
+ raise InterpreterException('has_link_argument takes exactly one argument.')
+ return self.has_multi_link_arguments_method(args, kwargs)
+
+ @permittedMethodKwargs({})
+ def has_multi_link_arguments_method(self, args, kwargs):
+ args = mesonlib.stringlistify(args)
+ result = self.compiler.has_multi_link_arguments(args, self.environment)
+ if result:
+ h = mlog.green('YES')
+ else:
+ h = mlog.red('NO')
+ mlog.log(
+ 'Compiler for {} supports link arguments {}:'.format(
+ self.compiler.get_display_language(), ' '.join(args)),
+ h)
+ return result
+
+ @permittedMethodKwargs({})
+ def get_supported_link_arguments_method(self, args, kwargs):
+ args = mesonlib.stringlistify(args)
+ supported_args = []
+ for arg in args:
+ if self.has_link_argument_method(arg, kwargs):
+ supported_args.append(arg)
+ return supported_args
+
+ @permittedMethodKwargs({})
+ def first_supported_link_argument_method(self, args, kwargs):
+ for i in mesonlib.stringlistify(args):
+ if self.has_link_argument_method(i, kwargs):
+ mlog.log('First supported link argument:', mlog.bold(i))
+ return [i]
+ mlog.log('First supported link argument:', mlog.red('None'))
+ return []
+
ModuleState = namedtuple('ModuleState', [
'build_to_src', 'subproject', 'subdir', 'current_lineno', 'environment',
'project_name', 'project_version', 'backend', 'compilers', 'targets',
diff --git a/test cases/common/191 has link arg/meson.build b/test cases/common/191 has link arg/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..255ff45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/common/191 has link arg/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+project('has link arg', 'c', 'cpp')
+
+cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+
+if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
+ is_arg = '/OPT:REF'
+ useless = '/DEBUG'
+ isnt_arg = '/iambroken'
+else
+ is_arg = '-Wl,-Lfoo'
+ useless = '-Wl,-Lbar'
+ isnt_arg = '-Wl,-iambroken'
+endif
+
+assert(cc.has_link_argument(is_arg), 'Arg that should have worked does not work.')
+assert(not cc.has_link_argument(isnt_arg), 'Arg that should be broken is not.')
+
+assert(cpp.has_link_argument(is_arg), 'Arg that should have worked does not work.')
+assert(not cpp.has_link_argument(isnt_arg), 'Arg that should be broken is not.')
+
+assert(cc.get_supported_link_arguments([is_arg, isnt_arg, useless]) == [is_arg, useless], 'Arg filtering returned different result.')
+assert(cpp.get_supported_link_arguments([is_arg, isnt_arg, useless]) == [is_arg, useless], 'Arg filtering returned different result.')
+
+# Have useless at the end to ensure that the search goes from front to back.
+l1 = cc.first_supported_link_argument([isnt_arg, is_arg, isnt_arg, useless])
+l2 = cc.first_supported_link_argument(isnt_arg, isnt_arg, isnt_arg)
+
+assert(l1.length() == 1, 'First supported returned wrong result.')
+assert(l1.get(0) == is_arg, 'First supported returned wrong argument.')
+assert(l2.length() == 0, 'First supported did not return empty array.')
+
+l1 = cpp.first_supported_link_argument([isnt_arg, is_arg, isnt_arg, useless])
+l2 = cpp.first_supported_link_argument(isnt_arg, isnt_arg, isnt_arg)
+
+assert(l1.length() == 1, 'First supported returned wrong result.')
+assert(l1.get(0) == is_arg, 'First supported returned wrong argument.')
+assert(l2.length() == 0, 'First supported did not return empty array.')
+
+assert(not cc.has_multi_link_arguments([isnt_arg, is_arg]), 'Arg that should be broken is not.')
+assert(cc.has_multi_link_arguments(is_arg), 'Arg that should have worked does not work.')
+assert(cc.has_multi_link_arguments([useless, is_arg]), 'Arg that should have worked does not work.')