project('rewritetest', 'cpp') src1 = ['main.cpp', 'fileA.cpp'] src2 = files(['fileB.cpp', 'fileC.cpp']) src3 = src1 src4 = [src3] # Magic comment exe1 = executable('trivialprog1', src1) exe2 = executable('trivialprog2', [src2]) exe3 = executable('trivialprog3', ['main.cpp', 'fileA.cpp']) exe4 = executable('trivialprog4', ['main.cpp', ['fileA.cpp']]) exe5 = executable('trivialprog5', [src2, 'main.cpp']) exe6 = executable('trivialprog6', 'main.cpp', 'fileA.cpp') exe7 = executable('trivialprog7', 'fileB.cpp', src1, 'fileC.cpp') exe8 = executable('trivialprog8', src3) exe9 = executable('trivialprog9', src4)