What does compilationOptions.emitEntryPoint mean?

Question

Just installed the rc1 tools and created a new web project to see what has changed in the template.

I noticed that project.json now contains:

\"compi         


        

Answer 1

I see this in the source;

var outputKind = compilerOptions.EmitEntryPoint.GetValueOrDefault() ?
    OutputKind.ConsoleApplication : OutputKind.DynamicallyLinkedLibrary;

Looks like it tells the compiler whether to create a Console Application or a Library.

Additionaly, if you create a new Class Library (Package) and Console Application (Package) in VS2015 you'll see that project.json for the Console Application includes the following, while the Class Library does not;

"compilationOptions": {
  "emitEntryPoint": true
}