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+#!/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):
+    """ Surround a value with quotes, escape embedded quotes.
+    >>> quote("foo'bar")
+    "'foo\\\\'bar'"
+    """
+
+    return "'" + s.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("'", "\\'") + "'"
+
+
+def format_array(args):
+    """ Format shell-compatible expressions as a meson array.
+    >>> format_array(['-O2 -pipe -DFOO="bar baz"'])
+    "['-O2', '-pipe', '-DFOO=bar baz']"
+    """
+
+    # 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
+    return "[" + ", ".join(args) + "]"
+
+
+def main(args):
+    print(format_array(args))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main(sys.argv[1:])