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Allow naming of executables #38

Closed IwanKaramazow closed 6 years ago

IwanKaramazow commented 6 years ago

the following entry

{
    "backend": "native",
    "main-module": "Utf8_test"
}

results in a utf8_test.native executable.

When building an executable for a windows system, it would be convenient if we could give the executable another name & extension. Example: utf8_test.native would become runtest.exe

bsansouci commented 6 years ago

Ok I can add a field “name”. What’s your current usecase

IwanKaramazow commented 6 years ago

I've got two use cases: 1) Windows: there's a restriction which requires executables to be named as .exe. 2) (More of a question) If I'm developing a medical app called "doctor", and the main entry-point is a module called Startup. Am I forced to rename the Startup-module to Doctor to have a nice name on the executable? Post-hoc renaming with a shell script doesn't feel like the best workflow in the world.