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+project(
+  'libbej',
+  'c',
+  'cpp',
+  version: '0.1',
+  meson_version: '>=0.57.0',
+  default_options: [
+    'c_std=c18',
+    'cpp_std=c++20',
+    'werror=true',
+    'warning_level=3',
+  ])
+
+libbej_incs = include_directories('include')
+subdir('src')
+if not get_option('tests').disabled()
+  subdir('test')
+endif