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Diffstat (limited to 'mesonbuild/coredata.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | mesonbuild/coredata.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/coredata.py b/mesonbuild/coredata.py index 7fbf18ab0..376570c08 100644 --- a/mesonbuild/coredata.py +++ b/mesonbuild/coredata.py @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class UserStringArrayOption(UserOption): def validate(self, value, user_input): # User input is for options defined on the command line (via -D - # options). Users should put their input in as a comma separated + # options). Users can put their input in as a comma separated # string, but for defining options in meson_options.txt the format # should match that of a combo if not user_input: @@ -144,7 +144,10 @@ class UserStringArrayOption(UserOption): newvalue = value else: assert isinstance(value, str) - newvalue = [v.strip() for v in value.split(',')] + if value.startswith('['): + newvalue = ast.literal_eval(value) + else: + newvalue = [v.strip() for v in value.split(',')] if not isinstance(newvalue, list): raise MesonException('"{0}" should be a string array, but it is not'.format(str(newvalue))) for i in newvalue: |