1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/interpreter/primitives/string.py b/mesonbuild/interpreter/primitives/string.py
index 82da6ce24..d9c441a9a 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/interpreter/primitives/string.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/interpreter/primitives/string.py
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ from ...interpreterbase import (
 
     InvalidArguments,
 )
+from ...mparser import (
+    MethodNode,
+    StringNode,
+    ArrayNode,
+)
 
 
 if T.TYPE_CHECKING:
@@ -105,6 +110,13 @@ class StringHolder(ObjectHolder[str]):
     @noKwargs
     @typed_pos_args('str.join', varargs=str)
     def join_method(self, args: T.Tuple[T.List[str]], kwargs: TYPE_kwargs) -> str:
+        # Implement some basic FeatureNew check on the AST level
+        assert isinstance(self.current_node, MethodNode)
+        n_args = self.current_node.args.arguments
+        if len(n_args) != 1 or not isinstance(n_args[0], ArrayNode) or not all(isinstance(x, StringNode) for x in n_args[0].args.arguments):
+            FeatureNew.single_use('str.join (varargs)', '0.60.0', self.subproject, 'List-flattening and variadic arguments')
+
+        # Actual implementation
         return self.held_object.join(args[0])
 
     @noKwargs