Add win_subsystem kwarg. Closes #7765.winsubsystem

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py b/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
index 4b48e3146..fa1046a61 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/compilers/compilers.py
@@ -878,6 +878,13 @@ class Compiler(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     def get_gui_app_args(self, value: bool) -> T.List[str]:
         return []
 
+    def get_win_subsystem_args(self, value: str) -> T.List[str]:
+        # This returns an empty array rather than throws to simplify the code.
+        # Otherwise we would have to check whenever calling this function whether
+        # the target is for Windows. There are also many cases where this is
+        # a meaningless choice, such as with Jave or C#.
+        return []
+
     def has_func_attribute(self, name: str, env: 'Environment') -> T.Tuple[bool, bool]:
         raise EnvironmentException(
             'Language {} does not support function attributes.'.format(self.get_display_language()))