diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md index 7e0d6cffc..e4e964c2d 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ These are return values of the `get_linker_id` method in a compiler object. | ld.mold | The fast MOLD linker | | ld.solaris | Solaris and illumos | | ld.wasm | emscripten's wasm-ld linker | +| ld.zigcc | The Zig linker (C/C++ frontend; GNU-like) | | ld64 | Apple ld64 | | ld64.lld | The LLVM linker, with the ld64 interface | | link | MSVC linker | diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/zig_ld.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/zig_ld.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8835c38ca --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/zig_ld.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +## Zig 0.11 can be used as a C/C++ compiler frontend + +Zig offers +[a C/C++ frontend](https://andrewkelley.me/post/zig-cc-powerful-drop-in-replacement-gcc-clang.html) as a drop-in replacement for Clang. It worked fine with Meson up to Zig 0.10. Since 0.11, Zig's +dynamic linker reports itself as `zig ld`, which wasn't known to Meson. Meson now correctly handles +Zig's linker. + +You can use Zig's frontend via a [machine file](Machine-files.md): + +```ini +[binaries] +c = ['zig', 'cc'] +cpp = ['zig', 'c++'] +ar = ['zig', 'ar'] +ranlib = ['zig', 'ranlib'] +lib = ['zig', 'lib'] +dlltool = ['zig', 'dlltool'] +``` diff --git a/mesonbuild/linkers/detect.py b/mesonbuild/linkers/detect.py index 0dce5ad50..e928f3e0d 100644 --- a/mesonbuild/linkers/detect.py +++ b/mesonbuild/linkers/detect.py @@ -236,6 +236,9 @@ def guess_nix_linker(env: 'Environment', compiler: T.List[str], comp_class: T.Ty linker = linkers.AIXDynamicLinker( compiler, for_machine, comp_class.LINKER_PREFIX, override, version=search_version(e)) + elif o.startswith('zig ld'): + linker = linkers.ZigCCDynamicLinker( + compiler, for_machine, comp_class.LINKER_PREFIX, override, version=v) else: __failed_to_detect_linker(compiler, check_args, o, e) return linker diff --git a/mesonbuild/linkers/linkers.py b/mesonbuild/linkers/linkers.py index d011e67b9..e401d7c9a 100644 --- a/mesonbuild/linkers/linkers.py +++ b/mesonbuild/linkers/linkers.py @@ -938,6 +938,13 @@ class LLVMDynamicLinker(GnuLikeDynamicLinkerMixin, PosixDynamicLinkerMixin, Dyna raise mesonlib.MesonBugException(f'win_subsystem: {value} not handled in lld linker. This should not be possible.') +class ZigCCDynamicLinker(LLVMDynamicLinker): + id = 'ld.zigcc' + + def get_thinlto_cache_args(self, path: str) -> T.List[str]: + return [] + + class WASMDynamicLinker(GnuLikeDynamicLinkerMixin, PosixDynamicLinkerMixin, DynamicLinker): """Emscripten's wasm-ld."""