add native-file properties tests

docs/markdown/Reference-manual.md

@@ -1786,6 +1786,10 @@ the following methods.
   returns the "cross" compiler if we're currently cross-compiling and
   the "native" compiler if we're not.
 
+- `get_native_property(propname, fallback_value)` returns the given
+  property from a native file, the optional second argument is returned
+  if the given property is not found.
+
 - `has_exe_wrapper()` returns true when doing a cross build if there
   is a wrapper command that can be used to execute cross built
   binaries (for example when cross compiling from Linux to Windows,

test cases/common/192 args flattening/meson.build

@@ -1,29 +1,25 @@
 project('args flattening')
 
 arr = get_variable('does-not-exist', ['bar', 'baz'])
-
 assert(arr == ['bar', 'baz'], 'get_variable with array fallback is broken')
 
 set_variable('arr', ['bar', 'baz'])
-
 assert(arr == ['bar', 'baz'], 'set_variable(array) is broken')
 
 conf = configuration_data()
-
 conf.set('foo', ['bar', 'baz'])
-
 assert(conf.get('foo') == ['bar', 'baz'], 'configuration_data.set(array) is broken')
 
 arr = conf.get('does-not-exist', ['bar', 'baz'])
-
 assert(arr == ['bar', 'baz'], 'configuration_data.get with array fallback is broken')
 
 arr = meson.get_cross_property('does-not-exist', ['bar', 'baz'])
-
 assert(arr == ['bar', 'baz'], 'meson.get_cross_property with array fallback is broken')
 
+arr = meson.get_native_property('does-not-exist', ['bar', 'baz'])
+assert(arr == ['bar', 'baz'], 'meson.get_native_property with array fallback is broken')
+
 # Test deprecated behaviour
 
 conf.set(['foo', 'bar'])
-
 message(conf.get('foo'))

test cases/common/228 native prop/meson.build

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+project('get native prop')
+
+x = meson.get_native_property('astring')
+assert(x=='mystring', 'did not get native property string. did you use "meson setup --native-file native.txt"')
+
+x = meson.get_native_property('notexist', 'fallback')
+assert(x=='fallback', 'fallback did not work')
+
+x = meson.get_native_property('anarray')
+assert(x==['one', 'two'], 'array did not work')

test cases/common/228 native prop/nativefile.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[properties]
+astring = 'mystring'
+anarray = ['one', 'two']

test cases/failing/97 no native prop/meson.build

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+project('missing native property')
+
+message(meson.get_native_property('nonexisting'))