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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Compiler-properties.md b/docs/markdown/Compiler-properties.md index 809ba50..f12abaf 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Compiler-properties.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Compiler-properties.md @@ -28,19 +28,19 @@ host_machine.system() ## Compiler id -The compiler object method `get_id` returns a +The compiler object method [[compiler.get_id]] returns a lower case string describing the "family" of the compiler. Since 0.53.0 -`get_linker_id` returns a lower case string with the linker name. Since +[[compiler.get_linker_id]] returns a lower case string with the linker name. Since compilers can often choose from multiple linkers depending on operating system, `get_linker_id` can be useful for handling or mitigating effects of particular linkers. -The compiler object also has a method `get_argument_syntax` which +The compiler object also has a method [[compiler.get_argument_syntax]] which returns a lower case string of `gcc`, `msvc`, or another undefined string value; identifying whether the compiler arguments use the same syntax as either `gcc` or `msvc`, or that its arguments are not like either. This should only be used to select the syntax of the arguments, such as those to test -with `has_argument`. +with [[compiler.has_argument]]. See [reference tables](Reference-tables.md#compiler-ids) for a list of supported compiler ids and their argument type. @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ result of the check to its log. Sometimes it is necessary to check whether a certain code fragment not only compiles, but also links successfully, e.g. to check if a symbol is actually present in a library. This can be done using the -'''.links()''' method on a compiler object like this: +[[compiler.links]] method like this: ```meson code = '''#include<stdio.h> @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ versions than the one that the program is compiled on. It can't be assumed that the OS version that is compiled on matches the OS version that the binary will run on. -Therefore when detecting function availability with `has_function`, it +Therefore when detecting function availability with [[compiler.has_function]], it is important to specify the correct header in the prefix argument. In the example above, the function `open_memstream` is detected, which |