Use the same name for the conf_data variable
Before, each example used a different variable name making them more difficult to understand for a novice.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Note that if you want to define a C string, you need to do the quoting
yourself like this:
```meson
-conf.set('TOKEN', '"value"')
+conf_data.set('TOKEN', '"value"')
```
Since this is such a common operation, Meson provides a convenience
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ method:
```meson
plain_var = 'value'
-conf.set_quoted('TOKEN', plain_var) # becomes #define TOKEN "value"
+conf_data.set_quoted('TOKEN', plain_var) # becomes #define TOKEN "value"
```
Often you have a boolean value in Meson but need to define the C/C++
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ token as 0 or 1. Meson provides a convenience function for this use
case.
```meson
-conf.set10(token, boolean_value)
+conf_data.set10(token, boolean_value)
# The line above is equivalent to this:
if boolean_value
- conf.set(token, 1)
+ conf_data.set(token, 1)
else
- conf.set(token, 0)
+ conf_data.set(token, 0)
endif
```
@@ -90,19 +90,19 @@ file all the entries in the configuration data object. The
replacements are the same as when generating `#mesondefine` entries:
```meson
-cdata.set('FOO', '"string"') => #define FOO "string"
-cdata.set('FOO', 'a_token') => #define FOO a_token
-cdata.set('FOO', true) => #define FOO
-cdata.set('FOO', false) => #undef FOO
-cdata.set('FOO', 1) => #define FOO 1
-cdata.set('FOO', 0) => #define FOO 0
+conf_data.set('FOO', '"string"') => #define FOO "string"
+conf_data.set('FOO', 'a_token') => #define FOO a_token
+conf_data.set('FOO', true) => #define FOO
+conf_data.set('FOO', false) => #undef FOO
+conf_data.set('FOO', 1) => #define FOO 1
+conf_data.set('FOO', 0) => #define FOO 0
```
In this mode, you can also specify a comment which will be placed
before the value so that your generated files are self-documenting.
```meson
-cdata.set('BAR', true, description : 'Set BAR if it is available')
+conf_data.set('BAR', true, description : 'Set BAR if it is available')
```
Will produce:
@@ -129,9 +129,11 @@ subprojects.
At the top level we generate the file:
```meson
+conf_data = configuration_data()
+# Set data
configure_file(input : 'projconfig.h.in',
output : 'projconfig.h',
- configuration : cdata_object)
+ configuration : conf_data)
```
Immediately afterwards we generate the include object.
