From 47610725eaac53db557cdb8c4d5b9a71b3af48ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Naughton Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 17:02:56 +0100 Subject: Change default executable extension Putting a program into your path on a UNIX system with a file extension means that you have to type the extension out for every invocation of the program. A better default is to have no extension at all since most people will end up removing it anyway. This change does not affect Windows since the .exe extension is set after the default extension if compiling on Windows. --- src/build_settings.cpp | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/build_settings.cpp') diff --git a/src/build_settings.cpp b/src/build_settings.cpp index ac033df71..7de9e558e 100644 --- a/src/build_settings.cpp +++ b/src/build_settings.cpp @@ -1497,13 +1497,11 @@ gb_internal bool init_build_paths(String init_filename) { } else if (is_arch_wasm()) { output_extension = STR_LIT("wasm"); } else if (build_context.build_mode == BuildMode_Executable) { - // By default use a .bin executable extension. - output_extension = STR_LIT("bin"); + // By default use no executable extension. + output_extension = make_string(nullptr, 0); if (build_context.metrics.os == TargetOs_windows) { output_extension = STR_LIT("exe"); - } else if (build_context.cross_compiling && selected_target_metrics->metrics == &target_essence_amd64) { - output_extension = make_string(nullptr, 0); } } else if (build_context.build_mode == BuildMode_DynamicLibrary) { // By default use a .so shared library extension. -- cgit v1.2.3