On Fri, May 12 2023, Leo Butler <Leo.Butler@umanitoba.ca> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am using ob-C.el to work with a c++ library (capd::dynsys). The
> current behaviour creates a temporary src and bin file in
> `org-babel-temporary-directory'. There is currently no option to have
> these files named and put somewhere else.
>
> This behaviour is not quite right, in my opinion. I would like to be
> able to compile an executable and then be able to call this same
> executable without needing to recompile from source.
>
> Attached is a patch that uses the :file header to allow the naming of
> the source and compiled binary files.
>
> A test is included, too. All tests pass with this patch applied to HEAD
> (except the expected failures, of course).
>
> Comments?
>
> Leo
>
> ps: It might be better to use a custom header for this purpose,
> something like :bin-file. I am open to suggestions.

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.

Leo