Add support for VS2019. Closes #4640.

mesonbuild/backend/backends.py

@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ def get_backend_from_name(backend, build):
     elif backend == 'vs2017':
         from . import vs2017backend
         return vs2017backend.Vs2017Backend(build)
+    elif backend == 'vs2019':
+        from . import vs2019backend
+        return vs2019backend.Vs2019Backend(build)
     elif backend == 'xcode':
         from . import xcodebackend
         return xcodebackend.XCodeBackend(build)

mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py

@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ def autodetect_vs_version(build):
        'Visual Studio\\2017' in vs_install_dir:
         from mesonbuild.backend.vs2017backend import Vs2017Backend
         return Vs2017Backend(build)
+    if vs_version == '16.0' or 'Visual Studio 19' in vs_install_dir or \
+       'Visual Studio\\2019' in vs_install_dir:
+        from mesonbuild.backend.vs2019backend import Vs2019Backend
+        return Vs2019Backend(build)
     if 'Visual Studio 10.0' in vs_install_dir:
         return Vs2010Backend(build)
     raise MesonException('Could not detect Visual Studio using VisualStudioVersion: {!r} or VSINSTALLDIR: {!r}!\n'

mesonbuild/coredata.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import configparser
 from typing import Optional, Any, TypeVar, Generic, Type
 
 version = '0.50.999'
-backendlist = ['ninja', 'vs', 'vs2010', 'vs2015', 'vs2017', 'xcode']
+backendlist = ['ninja', 'vs', 'vs2010', 'vs2015', 'vs2017', 'vs2019', 'xcode']
 
 default_yielding = False