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<h1 id="reference-tables">Reference tables</h1>
<h2 id="compiler-ids">Compiler ids</h2>
<p>These are return values of the <code>get_id</code> (Compiler family) and
<code>get_argument_syntax</code> (Argument syntax) method in a compiler object.</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th> Value</th>
<th> Compiler family</th>
<th> Argument syntax</th>
</tr>
</thead>
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<tr>
<td> arm</td>
<td> ARM compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> armclang</td>
<td> ARMCLANG compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ccomp</td>
<td> The CompCert formally-verified C compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ccrx</td>
<td> Renesas RX Family C/C++ compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> clang</td>
<td> The Clang compiler</td>
<td> gcc</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> clang-cl</td>
<td> The Clang compiler (MSVC compatible driver)</td>
<td> msvc</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> dmd</td>
<td> D lang reference compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> emscripten</td>
<td> Emscripten WASM compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> flang</td>
<td> Classic Flang Fortran compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> g95</td>
<td> The G95 Fortran compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> gcc</td>
<td> The GNU Compiler Collection</td>
<td> gcc</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> intel</td>
<td> Intel compiler (Linux and Mac)</td>
<td> gcc</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> intel-cl</td>
<td> Intel compiler (Windows)</td>
<td> msvc</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> intel-llvm</td>
<td> Intel oneAPI LLVM-based compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> intel-llvm-cl</td>
<td> Intel oneAPI LLVM-based compiler (Windows)</td>
<td> msvc</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> lcc</td>
<td> Elbrus C/C++/Fortran Compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> llvm</td>
<td> LLVM-based compiler (Swift, D)</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> llvm-flang</td>
<td> Flang Fortran compiler (LLVM-based)</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> mono</td>
<td> Xamarin C# compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> mwccarm</td>
<td> Metrowerks C/C++ compiler for Embedded ARM</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> mwcceppc</td>
<td> Metrowerks C/C++ compiler for Embedded PowerPC</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> msvc</td>
<td> Microsoft Visual Studio</td>
<td> msvc</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> nagfor</td>
<td> The NAG Fortran compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> nvidia_hpc</td>
<td> NVidia HPC SDK compilers</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> nvcc</td>
<td> NVidia CUDA compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> open64</td>
<td> The Open64 Fortran Compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> pathscale</td>
<td> The Pathscale Fortran compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> pgi</td>
<td> Portland PGI C/C++/Fortran compilers</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> rustc</td>
<td> Rust compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> sun</td>
<td> Sun Fortran compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> c2000</td>
<td> Texas Instruments C/C++ Compiler (C2000)</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> c6000</td>
<td> Texas Instruments C/C++ Compiler (C6000)</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ti</td>
<td> Texas Instruments C/C++ Compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> valac</td>
<td> Vala compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> xc16</td>
<td> Microchip XC16 C compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> cython</td>
<td> The Cython compiler</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> nasm</td>
<td> The NASM compiler (Since 0.64.0)</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> yasm</td>
<td> The YASM compiler (Since 0.64.0)</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ml</td>
<td> Microsoft Macro Assembler for x86 and x86_64 (Since 0.64.0)</td>
<td> msvc</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> armasm</td>
<td> Microsoft Macro Assembler for ARM and AARCH64 (Since 0.64.0)</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> mwasmarm</td>
<td> Metrowerks Assembler for Embedded ARM</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> mwasmeppc</td>
<td> Metrowerks Assembler for Embedded PowerPC</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> tasking</td>
<td> TASKING VX-toolset</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="linker-ids">Linker ids</h2>
<p>These are return values of the <code>get_linker_id</code> method in a compiler object.</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th> Value</th>
<th> Linker family</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td> ld.bfd</td>
<td> The GNU linker</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ld.gold</td>
<td> The GNU gold linker</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ld.lld</td>
<td> The LLVM linker, with the GNU interface</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ld.mold</td>
<td> The fast MOLD linker</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ld.solaris</td>
<td> Solaris and illumos</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ld.wasm</td>
<td> emscripten's wasm-ld linker</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ld.zigcc</td>
<td> The Zig linker (C/C++ frontend; GNU-like)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ld64</td>
<td> Apple ld64</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ld64.lld</td>
<td> The LLVM linker, with the ld64 interface</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> link</td>
<td> MSVC linker</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> lld-link</td>
<td> The LLVM linker, with the MSVC interface</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> xilink</td>
<td> Used with Intel-cl only, MSVC like</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> optlink</td>
<td> optlink (used with DMD)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> rlink</td>
<td> The Renesas linker, used with CCrx only</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> xc16-ar</td>
<td> The Microchip linker, used with XC16 only</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ar2000</td>
<td> The Texas Instruments linker, used with C2000 only</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ti-ar</td>
<td> The Texas Instruments linker</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ar6000</td>
<td> The Texas Instruments linker, used with C6000 only</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> armlink</td>
<td> The ARM linker (arm and armclang compilers)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> pgi</td>
<td> Portland/Nvidia PGI</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> nvlink</td>
<td> Nvidia Linker used with cuda</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ccomp</td>
<td> CompCert used as the linker driver</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> mwldarm</td>
<td> The Metrowerks Linker with the ARM interface, used with mwccarm only</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> mwldeppc</td>
<td> The Metrowerks Linker with the PowerPC interface, used with mwcceppc only</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> tasking</td>
<td> TASKING VX-toolset</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>For languages that don't have separate dynamic linkers such as C# and Java, the
<code>get_linker_id</code> will return the compiler name.</p>
<h2 id="script-environment-variables">Script environment variables</h2>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th> Value</th>
<th> Comment</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td> MESONINTROSPECT</td>
<td> Command to run to run the introspection command, may be of the form <code>python /path/to/meson introspect</code>, user is responsible for splitting the path if necessary.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> MESONREWRITE</td>
<td> Command to run to run the rewriting command, only set when running <code>dist</code> scripts</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> MESON_BUILD_ROOT</td>
<td> Absolute path to the build dir</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> MESON_DIST_ROOT</td>
<td> Points to the root of the staging directory, only set when running <code>dist</code> scripts</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> MESON_SOURCE_ROOT</td>
<td> Absolute path to the source dir</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> MESON_SUBDIR</td>
<td> Current subdirectory, only set for <code>run_command</code>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="cpu-families">CPU families</h2>
<p>These are returned by the <code>cpu_family</code> method of <code>build_machine</code>,
<code>host_machine</code> and <code>target_machine</code>. For cross compilation they are
set in the cross file.</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th> Value</th>
<th> Comment</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td> aarch64</td>
<td> 64 bit ARM processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> alpha</td>
<td> DEC Alpha processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> arc</td>
<td> 32 bit ARC processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> arm</td>
<td> 32 bit ARM processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> avr</td>
<td> Atmel AVR processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> c2000</td>
<td> 32 bit C2000 processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> c6000</td>
<td> 32 bit C6000 processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> csky</td>
<td> 32 bit CSky processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> dspic</td>
<td> 16 bit Microchip dsPIC</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> e2k</td>
<td> MCST Elbrus processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ft32</td>
<td> 32 bit Bridgetek MCU</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ia64</td>
<td> Itanium processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> loongarch64</td>
<td> 64 bit Loongson processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> m68k</td>
<td> Motorola 68000 processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> microblaze</td>
<td> MicroBlaze processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> mips</td>
<td> 32 bit MIPS processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> mips64</td>
<td> 64 bit MIPS processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> msp430</td>
<td> 16 bit MSP430 processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> parisc</td>
<td> HP PA-RISC processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> pic24</td>
<td> 16 bit Microchip PIC24</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ppc</td>
<td> 32 bit PPC processors</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ppc64</td>
<td> 64 bit PPC processors</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> riscv32</td>
<td> 32 bit RISC-V Open ISA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> riscv64</td>
<td> 64 bit RISC-V Open ISA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> rl78</td>
<td> Renesas RL78</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> rx</td>
<td> Renesas RX 32 bit MCU</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> s390</td>
<td> IBM zSystem s390</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> s390x</td>
<td> IBM zSystem s390x</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> sh4</td>
<td> SuperH SH-4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> sparc</td>
<td> 32 bit SPARC</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> sparc64</td>
<td> SPARC v9 processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> sw_64</td>
<td> 64 bit sunway processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> wasm32</td>
<td> 32 bit Webassembly</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> wasm64</td>
<td> 64 bit Webassembly</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> x86</td>
<td> 32 bit x86 processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> x86_64</td>
<td> 64 bit x86 processor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> tricore</td>
<td> Tricore 32 bit processor</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Any cpu family not listed in the above list is not guaranteed to
remain stable in future releases.</p>
<p>Those porting from autotools should note that Meson does not add
endianness to the name of the cpu_family. For example, autotools
will call little endian PPC64 "ppc64le", Meson will not, you must
also check the <code>.endian()</code> value of the machine for this information.</p>
<h2 id="operating-system-names">Operating system names</h2>
<p>These are provided by the <code>.system()</code> method call.</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th> Value</th>
<th> Comment</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td> android</td>
<td> By convention only, subject to change</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> cygwin</td>
<td> Cygwin or MSYS2 environment on Windows</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> darwin</td>
<td> Either OSX or iOS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> dragonfly</td>
<td> DragonFly BSD</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> emscripten</td>
<td> Emscripten's JavaScript environment</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> freebsd</td>
<td> FreeBSD and its derivatives</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> gnu</td>
<td> GNU Hurd</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> haiku</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> linux</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> netbsd</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> openbsd</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> windows</td>
<td> Native Windows (not Cygwin or MSYS2)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> sunos</td>
<td> illumos and Solaris</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Any string not listed above is not guaranteed to remain stable in
future releases.</p>
<h2 id="kernel-names-since-120">Kernel names (since 1.2.0)</h2>
<p>Native names as returned by the <code>.kernel()</code> method.</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th> Value</th>
<th> Comment</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td> linux</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> freebsd</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> openbsd</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> netbsd</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> gnu</td>
<td> GNU Hurd</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> nt</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> xnu</td>
<td> Kernel of various Apple OSes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> illumos</td>
<td> Kernel derived from OpenSolaris by community efforts</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> solaris</td>
<td> Kernel derived from OpenSolaris by Oracle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> dragonfly</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> haiku</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> none</td>
<td> For e.g. bare metal embedded</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="subsystem-names-since-120">Subsystem names (since 1.2.0)</h2>
<p>A more specific description of the system in question. Most values are
meant to be used in cross files only, as those platforms can not run
Meson natively.</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th> Value</th>
<th> Comment</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td> macos</td>
<td> Apple macOS (formerly OSX)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ios</td>
<td> Apple iOS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> ios-simulator</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> tvos</td>
<td> Apple tvOS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> tvos-simulator</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> visionos</td>
<td> Apple visionOS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> visionos-simulator</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> watchos</td>
<td> Apple watchOS</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> watchos-simulator</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="language-arguments-parameter-names">Language arguments parameter names</h2>
<p>These are the parameter names for passing language specific arguments
to your build target.</p>
<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th> Language</th>
<th> compiler name</th>
<th> linker name</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td> C</td>
<td> c_args</td>
<td> c_link_args</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> C++</td>
<td> cpp_args</td>
<td> cpp_link_args</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> C#</td>
<td> cs_args</td>
<td> cs_link_args</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> CUDA</td>
<td> cuda_args</td>
<td> cuda_link_args</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> D</td>
<td> d_args</td>
<td> d_link_args</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Fortran</td>
<td> fortran_args</td>
<td> fortran_link_args</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Java</td>
<td> java_args</td>
<td> java_link_args</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Objective C</td>
<td> objc_args</td>
<td> objc_link_args</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Objective C++</td>
<td> objcpp_args</td>
<td> objcpp_link_args</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> Rust</td>
<td> rust_args</td>
<td> rust_link_args</td>
</tr>
<tr>