gentoo-overlay/dev-util/meson-format-array/files/meson-format-array

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# Copyright 2020 Gentoo Authors
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2

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:])