feat: install examples for top level builds

This might be useful for distribution packagers to provide example programs in their packages.

Signed-off-by: Sefa Eyeoglu <[email protected]>

README.md

@@ -294,6 +294,7 @@ UTF-8 decoding is performed using a state machine based on Bjoern Hoehrmann's '[
 -   **[@rbrugo](https://github.com/rbrugo)** - Helped design a new feature
 -   **[@Reedbeta](https://github.com/Reedbeta)** - Fixed a bug and added additional Visual Studio debugger native visualizers
 -   **[@Ryan-rsm-McKenzie](https://github.com/Ryan-rsm-McKenzie)** - Add natvis file to cmake install script
+-   **[@Scrumplex][https://github.com/Scrumplex)** - Tweaked the build scripts
 -   **[@shdnx](https://github.com/shdnx)** - Fixed a bug on GCC 8.2.0 and some meson config issues
 -   **[@sneves](https://github.com/sneves)** - Helped fix a number of parser bugs
 -   **[@sobczyk](https://github.com/sobczyk)** - Reported some bugs

examples/meson.build

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ foreach example : examples
 			[ example + '.cpp' ],
 			cpp_args: example_args,
 			dependencies: tomlplusplus_dep,
-			override_options: global_overrides
+			override_options: global_overrides,
+			install: install_examples
 		)
 	]]
 endforeach

meson.build

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ unreleased_features = get_option('unreleased_features')
 
 build_tests = (get_option('build_tests') or is_devel) and not is_subproject
 build_examples = (get_option('build_examples') or is_devel) and not is_subproject
+install_examples = (get_option('install_examples')) and build_tests
 build_tt = (get_option('build_tt') or is_devel) and not is_subproject and has_exceptions and not unreleased_features
 build_lib = get_option('build_lib') or get_option('compile_library') or build_tests or build_examples or build_tt
 

meson_options.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 option('devel', 				type: 'boolean', value: false,  description: 'Tell meson whether or not it is a development build. (default: false)')
 option('build_lib',				type: 'boolean', value: false,	description: 'Compile the library, rather than consuming it in header-only mode. (default: false) (implied by devel)')
 option('build_examples',		type: 'boolean', value: false,	description: 'Build the examples (default: false) (implied by devel)')
+option('install_examples',		type: 'boolean', value: false,	description: 'Install the examples (default: false)')
 option('build_tests',			type: 'boolean', value: false,	description: 'Build tests (default: false) (implied by devel)')
 option('build_tt',				type: 'boolean', value: false,	description: 'Enable to build the toml-test encoder and decoder. (default: false) (implied by devel) (disabled by unreleased_features)')
 option('pedantic',				type: 'boolean', value: false,	description: 'Enable as many compiler warnings as possible (default: false) (implied by devel)')