dev-util/meson-format-array: new package

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/759433
Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dev-util/meson-format-array/files/meson-format-array b/dev-util/meson-format-array/files/meson-format-array
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import itertools
+import shlex
+import sys
+
+def quote(s):
+    return "'" + s.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("'", "\\'") + "'"
+
+def main(args):
+    # Split each argument according to shell rules
+    args = (shlex.split(x) for x in args)
+
+    # Flatten the resulting list of lists
+    args = itertools.chain.from_iterable(args)
+
+    # Add quotes and escape embedded quotes
+    args = (quote(x) for x in args)
+
+    # Format the result
+    print("[" + ", ".join(args) + "]")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main(sys.argv[1:])