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subdirs : h,
version : '1.0',
name : 'libsimple',
filebase : 'simple',
description : 'A simple demo library.',
extra_cflags : '-Dfoo' )
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<p>Base options are now accessible via the get_option() function.</p>
<pre><code class="language-meson">uses_lto = get_option('b_lto')
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<h2 id="allow-crate-type-configuration-for-rust-compiler">Allow crate type configuration for Rust compiler</h2>
<p>Rust targets now take an optional <code>rust_crate_type</code> keyword, allowing
you to set the crate type of the resulting artifact. Valid crate types
are <code>dylib</code> or <code>cdylib</code> for shared libraries, and <code>rlib</code> or
<code>staticlib</code> for static libraries. For more, see Rust's <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/linkage.html">linkage
reference</a>.</p>
<h2 id="simultaneous-use-of-address-and-undefined-behavior-sanitizers">Simultaneous use of Address- and Undefined Behavior Sanitizers</h2>
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<h2 id="unstable-simd-module">Unstable SIMD module</h2>
<p>A new experimental module to compile code with many different SIMD
instruction sets and selecting the best one at runtime. This module
is unstable, meaning its API is subject to change in later releases.
It might also be removed altogether.</p>
<h2 id="import-libraries-for-executables-on-windows">Import libraries for executables on Windows</h2>
<p>The new keyword <code>implib</code> to <code>executable()</code> allows generation of an import
library for the executable.</p>
<h2 id="added-build_rpath-keyword-argument">Added build_rpath keyword argument</h2>
<p>You can specify <code>build_rpath : '/foo/bar'</code> in build targets and the
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is removed during the install step.</p>
<p>Meson will print a warning when the user tries to add an rpath linker
flag manually, e.g. via <code>link_args</code> to a target. This is not
recommended because having multiple rpath causes them to stomp on each
other. This warning will become a hard error in some future release.</p>
<h2 id="vulkan-dependency-module">Vulkan dependency module</h2>
<p>Vulkan can now be used as native dependency. The dependency module
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receive the vulkan library and header via pkgconfig or from the
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language-specific, you must specify the requested language with the
<code>language</code> keyword, i.e., <code>dependency('mpi', language='c')</code> will
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<h2 id="make-all-meson-functionality-invocable-via-the-main-executable">Make all Meson functionality invocable via the main executable</h2>
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like this:</p>
<pre><code>meson configure <arguments> # equivalent to mesonconf <options>
meson test <arguments> # equivalent to mesontest <arguments>
</code></pre>
<p>The old commands are still available but they are deprecated
and will be removed in some future release.</p>
<h2 id="pcap-dependency-detector">Pcap dependency detector</h2>
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<pre><code class="language-meson">pcap_dep = dependency('pcap', version : '>=1.0')
</code></pre>
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