Can extract compiler ID string.

environment.py

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ class CCompiler():
             raise TypeError('Unknown argument to CCompiler')
         self.language = 'c'
         self.default_suffix = 'c'
+        self.id = 'unknown'
+    
+    def get_id(self):
+        return self.id
 
     def get_dependency_gen_flags(self, outtarget, outfile):
         return ['-MMD', '-MT', outtarget, '-MF', outfile]
@@ -201,6 +205,7 @@ class VisualStudioCCompiler(CCompiler):
     
     def __init__(self, exelist):
         CCompiler.__init__(self, exelist)
+        self.id = 'msvc'
 
     def get_std_warn_flags(self):
         return VisualStudioCCompiler.std_warn_flags
@@ -287,6 +292,7 @@ class GnuCCompiler(CCompiler):
 
     def __init__(self, exelist):
         CCompiler.__init__(self, exelist)
+        self.id = 'gcc'
 
     def get_std_warn_flags(self):
         return GnuCCompiler.std_warn_flags
@@ -300,6 +306,10 @@ class GnuCCompiler(CCompiler):
 class GnuObjCCompiler(ObjCCompiler):
     std_warn_flags = ['-Wall', '-Winvalid-pch']
     std_opt_flags = ['-O2']
+    
+    def __init__(self, exelist):
+        ObjCCompiler.__init__(self, exelist)
+        self.id = 'gcc'
 
     def get_std_warn_flags(self):
         return GnuObjCCompiler.std_warn_flags
@@ -314,6 +324,10 @@ class GnuObjCXXCompiler(ObjCXXCompiler):
     std_warn_flags = ['-Wall', '-Winvalid-pch']
     std_opt_flags = ['-O2']
 
+    def __init__(self, exelist):
+        ObjCCompiler.__init__(self, exelist)
+        self.id = 'gcc'
+
     def get_std_warn_flags(self):
         return GnuObjCXXCompiler.std_warn_flags
 
@@ -329,6 +343,7 @@ class ClangCCompiler(CCompiler):
 
     def __init__(self, exelist):
         CCompiler.__init__(self, exelist)
+        self.id = 'clang'
 
     def get_std_warn_flags(self):
         return ClangCCompiler.std_warn_flags
@@ -345,6 +360,7 @@ class GnuCXXCompiler(CXXCompiler):
     
     def __init__(self, exelist):
         CXXCompiler.__init__(self, exelist)
+        self.id = 'gcc'
 
     def get_std_warn_flags(self):
         return GnuCXXCompiler.std_warn_flags
@@ -361,6 +377,7 @@ class ClangCXXCompiler(CXXCompiler):
 
     def __init__(self, exelist):
         CXXCompiler.__init__(self, exelist)
+        self.id = 'clang'
 
     def get_std_warn_flags(self):
         return ClangCXXCompiler.std_warn_flags

interpreter.py

@@ -500,7 +500,12 @@ class CompilerHolder(InterpreterObject):
     def __init__(self, compiler):
         InterpreterObject.__init__(self)
         self.compiler = compiler
-        self.methods.update({'compiles': self.compiles_method})
+        self.methods.update({'compiles': self.compiles_method,
+                             'get_id': self.get_id_method,
+                             })
+
+    def get_id_method(self, args, kwargs):
+        return self.compiler.get_id()
 
     def compiles_method(self, args, kwargs):
         if len(args) != 1:
@@ -665,7 +670,7 @@ class Interpreter():
         print('Project name is "%s".' % self.build.project)
         self.add_languages(node, args[1:])
 
-    def func_message(self, node, args):
+    def func_message(self, node, args, kwargs):
         self.validate_arguments(args, 1, [str])
         print('Message: %s' % args[0])
 
@@ -874,6 +879,7 @@ class Interpreter():
         if isinstance(value, InterpreterObject) or \
             isinstance(value, dependencies.Dependency) or\
             isinstance(value, nodes.StringStatement) or\
+            isinstance(value, str) or\
             isinstance(value, nodes.BoolStatement) or\
             isinstance(value, nodes.IntStatement) or\
             isinstance(value, list):

test cases/common/34 compiler id/meson.build

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+project('compiler id', 'c')
+
+comp = meson.get_compiler('c')
+str = comp.get_id()
+
+message('Compiler name is:')
+message(str)