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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/markdown/Syntax.md | 8 |
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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md index 0625f96..2fc61d5 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md @@ -1022,6 +1022,9 @@ Joins the given strings into a file system path segment. For example individual segments is an absolute path, all segments before it are dropped. That means that `join_paths('foo', '/bar')` returns `/bar`. +**Warning** Don't use `join_paths()` for sources in [`library`](#library) and +[`executable`](#executable), you should use [`files`](#files) instead. + *Added 0.36.0* Since 0.49.0 using the`/` operator on strings is equivalent to calling diff --git a/docs/markdown/Syntax.md b/docs/markdown/Syntax.md index 9ea96c1..cf56dd3 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Syntax.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Syntax.md @@ -216,6 +216,14 @@ path = pathsep.join(['/usr/bin', '/bin', '/usr/local/bin']) path = join_paths(['/usr', 'local', 'bin']) # path now has the value '/usr/local/bin' +# Don't use join_paths for sources files, use files for that: +my_sources = files('foo.c') +... +my_sources += files('bar.c') +# This has the advantage of always calculating the correct relative path, even +# if you add files in another directory or use them in a different directory +# than they're defined in + # Example to set an API version for use in library(), install_header(), etc project('project', 'c', version: '0.2.3') version_array = meson.project_version().split('.') |