name of map file

[Andrej Mitrovic]

Yeah but using -of creates an executable in the directory I provide.
RDMD is supossed to be used with hiding the executable in a temp dir,
afaik.

So it's hashing at play, ok. Just wanted to know why.

Personally I'd like RDMD to hide the map and deps files as well, I
don't know why it only hides the executable and leaves the rest of the
trash behind. (okay it's not trash, but for quick compile-test cycles
I don't need the map and dependancy files).

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a> wrote:
> "Andrej Mitrovic" <none at none.none> wrote in message
> news:i6jc5g$1p2a$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Just a quick question, why does the map file have a long name like so:
>>
>> file_test-d-40DA973DB4C6AD075993AB5CD9866DDE.map ?
>
> Because you're using rdmd and not using -of.
>
> rdmd comes up with an executable filename by hashing the source file's
> content (I'm not 100% sure why, something about filename-uniqueness or
> caching and change-tracking, I'd imagine). And dmd always uses the
> executable filename as the name of the map file (which makes sense when you
> consider executables made from multiple modules).
>
> If you use -of, or if you just use dmd directly, then that hash value
> doesn't get added.
>
>
>