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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/getting-language-from-other-project.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/getting-language-from-other-project.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..79f19baee --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/getting-language-from-other-project.md @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +## Using `meson.get_compiler()` to get a language from another project is marked broken + +Meson currently will return a compiler instance from the `meson.get_compiler()` +call, if that language has been initialized in any project. This can result in +situations where a project can only work as a subproject, or if a dependency is +provided by a subproject rather than by a pre-built dependency. |