MATLAB: What files are generated when I compile an MATLAB file using mcc with -m flag

Question

I get different results when I compile using the -m macro switch and using the 'equivalent' options listed in the manual.

Answer 1

As mentioned in the documentation, the -m macro is equivalent to:

 -t -W main -L C -T link:exe -h libmmfile.mlib

where,

 -t                           means translate to a target language (can be C or C++)
 -W main                means create a main wrapper function
 -L C                      specifies the target language to be C (can also be Cpp  to mean C++)
 -T link:exe            specifies the building stage and final type (in this case link to an executable)
 -h                         means to automatically find, and compile helper functions included in the                                              source MATLAB file
 libmmfile.mlib        specifies all MATLAB files that are built into the libmmfile shared library

With either the -m macro or the above-mentioned set of flags, the files that are generated will be:

1. A '.c' and a '.h' file for each of the MATLAB files that are called directly or indirectly in your code

2. One "main" wrapper function

3. One executable file (.exe)