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

[Leo Butler]

On Fri, May 12 2023, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:

> Leo Butler <Leo.Butler@umanitoba.ca> writes:
>
>>> Comments?
>> ...
>> Replying to myself: it makes more sense to introduce a special-purpose
>> header argument for this special purpose, than to use :file with a
>> different meaning. Revised patch attached.
>
> IMHO, it will be more consistent with other backends to use :results file 
> :file /path/to/executable

No, I don't think this is the way to do it. What happens in this
case is:

1. `org-babel-C-execute' creates a named source file, compiles it to the
   named binary file;
2. then executes that binary file, producing output;
3. that output is inserted into the named binary file, overwriting its
   contents.

I don't see how to accomplish my stated goal of saving the binary file
to a named location without introducing a separate header argument
(e.g. ":bin-file").

Leo