allow to compare multiple version with version_compare

docs/markdown/snippets/multiple_version_compare.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+## `version_compare` now accept multiple compare strings
+
+Is it now possible to compare version against multiple values, to check for
+a range of version for instance.
+
+```meson
+'1.5'.version_compare('>=1', '<2')
+```

docs/yaml/elementary/str.yml

@@ -306,6 +306,12 @@ methods:
 
     It is best to be unambiguous and specify the full revision level to compare.
 
+    *Since 1.8.0* multiple version can be compared:
+
+    ```meson
+    '3.6'.version_compare('>=3', '<4.0') == true
+    ```
+
   posargs:
     compare_string:
       type: str

mesonbuild/interpreter/primitives/string.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import typing as T
 
-from ...mesonlib import version_compare
+from ...mesonlib import version_compare_many
 from ...interpreterbase import (
     ObjectHolder,
     MesonOperator,
@@ -169,9 +169,11 @@ def underscorify_method(self, args: T.List[TYPE_var], kwargs: TYPE_kwargs) -> st
         return re.sub(r'[^a-zA-Z0-9]', '_', self.held_object)
 
     @noKwargs
-    @typed_pos_args('str.version_compare', str)
-    def version_compare_method(self, args: T.Tuple[str], kwargs: TYPE_kwargs) -> bool:
-        return version_compare(self.held_object, args[0])
+    @typed_pos_args('str.version_compare', varargs=str, min_varargs=1)
+    def version_compare_method(self, args: T.Tuple[T.List[str]], kwargs: TYPE_kwargs) -> bool:
+        if len(args[0]) > 1:
+            FeatureNew.single_use('version_compare() with multiple arguments', '1.8.0', self.subproject, location=self.current_node)
+        return version_compare_many(self.held_object, args[0])[0]
 
     @staticmethod
     def _op_div(this: str, other: str) -> str:
@@ -205,10 +207,12 @@ class MesonVersionString(str):
 
 class MesonVersionStringHolder(StringHolder):
     @noKwargs
-    @typed_pos_args('str.version_compare', str)
-    def version_compare_method(self, args: T.Tuple[str], kwargs: TYPE_kwargs) -> bool:
+    @typed_pos_args('str.version_compare', varargs=str, min_varargs=1)
+    def version_compare_method(self, args: T.Tuple[T.List[str]], kwargs: TYPE_kwargs) -> bool:
+        if len(args[0]) > 1:
+            FeatureNew.single_use('version_compare() with multiple arguments', '1.8.0', self.subproject, location=self.current_node)
         self.interpreter.tmp_meson_version = args[0]
-        return version_compare(self.held_object, args[0])
+        return version_compare_many(self.held_object, args[0])[0]
 
 # These special subclasses of string exist to cover the case where a dependency
 # exports a string variable interchangeable with a system dependency. This