Re: [RFC/PATCH] naming src/bin files in ob-C.el

[Leo Butler]

On Mon, May 15 2023, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:

> Leo Butler <Leo.Butler@umanitoba.ca> writes:
>
>> On the other hand, I don't see any sense in producing a link to the
>> binary file. Org can't do anything with that link, so the user would
>> need to write something like ":results file :file /path/to :wrap
>> comment". That is why I would prefer something like a :bin-file header.
>
> I am not sure how I feel about such side effects of evaluation.
> Is there any other babel backend that is doing something similar?

ob-java.el deals with it by using a :dir header; if non-nil, the
compiled files are placed in that directory instead of
`org-babel-temporary-directory'. (And, by default, the :dir header is
"."). The filename is determined by the packagename.

Leo