2.5 Build Types

Build types are shown as <buildtype> in this manual. They are used in the workspaces directory structure (described in Section 2.3) and in library names (described in Section 2.4).

Build types use the following encoding scheme:

<build#><binding><suffix>

Table 8 explains this scheme.

Table 8 -- Build type encoding

Code	Meaning
`<build#>`	The build number. Possible build type numbers for this product and the build that they specify are: `0` = no stdlib, single thread, no debugging features `3` = no stdlib, single thread, symbolic debugging and assertions `4` = no stdlib, multithread, no debugging features `7` = no stdlib, multithread, symbolic debugging and assertions
`<binding>`	The library binding: `s` = static `d` = dynamic (DLL) /shared
`<suffix>`	A user-defined library name suffix used to distinguish custom build configurations. By default, `<suffix>` is blank. The SPM online help explains how to add or edit customized build configurations.

For example, if you have a static, multithreaded library with symbolic debugging and assertions, the build type is:

7s

The same library could have a user-defined library name suffix such as _test as in this example:

7s_test