Change makefile to choose between c and c++ settings based on LANG variable

makefile.basic

@@ -24,12 +24,17 @@ OBJDIR::=obj
 DEPDIR::=$(OBJDIR)/dep
 LIBDIR::=lib
 INCLUDE_DIRS::=include
+CFLAGS::=-g -std=c18 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 CXXFLAGS::=-g -std=c++17 -Wall -pedantic -Wextra
 EXT::=cpp
+LANG::=$(EXT)
 MAIN_EXECUTABLE::=tester
 RELEASE?=0
+MEMCHK?=0
 
 ifneq ($(WINDOWS),1)
+	#*nix settings
+	CC::=gcc
 	CXX::=g++
 	LDLIBS::=
 	LDFLAGS::=
@@ -38,7 +43,9 @@ ifneq ($(WINDOWS),1)
 	AR?=ar
 	AS?=as
 else
+	#windows settings
 	MINGW_PREFIX::=x86_64-w64-mingw32-
+	CC::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)gcc
 	CXX::=$(MINGW_PREFIX)g++
 	LDLIBS::=
 	LDFLAGS::=
@@ -49,23 +56,15 @@ else
 	MAIN_EXECUTABLE::=$(MAIN_EXECUTABLE).exe
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(RELEASE),1)
-	#a lot of false strict aliasing warnings from gcc 9
-	CXXFLAGS+=-O2 -Wno-strict-aliasing
-else ifeq ($(MEMCHK),1)
-	LDFLAGS+=-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
-	CXXFLAGS+=-O0 -g3 -ggdb -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
-else
-	CXXFLAGS+=-O0 -g3 -ggdb
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+	#windows' cmd commands
 	mkdir=mkdir $(subst /,\,$(1)) > NUL 2>&1
 	rm=del /F $(1) > NUL 2>&1
 	rmdir=rd /S /Q $(1) > NUL 2>&1
 	move=move /Y $(subst /,\,$(1)) $(subst /,\,$(2)) > NUL 2>&1
 	copy=copy /Y /B $(subst /,\,$(1)) $(subst /,\,$(2)) > NUL 2>&1
 else
+	#*nix terminal commands
 	mkdir=mkdir -p $(1)
 	rm=rm -f $(1)
 	rmdir=rm -rf $(1)
@@ -73,30 +72,53 @@ else
 	copy=cp $(1) $(2)
 endif
 
-INTERNAL_CXXFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
+#setup compiler and flags based on language
+ifeq ($(LANG),cpp)
+	COMPILER_FLAGS::=$(CXXFLAGS)
+	COMPILER::=$(CXX)
+else ifeq ($(LANG),c)
+	COMPILER_FLAGS::=$(CFLAGS)
+	COMPILER::=$(CC)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(RELEASE),1)
+	#a lot of false strict aliasing warnings from gcc 9
+	COMPLIER_FLAGS+=-O2 -Wno-strict-aliasing
+else ifeq ($(MEMCHK),1)
+	#use asan to check memory leaks/invalid accesses
+	LDFLAGS+=-fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
+	COMPLIER_FLAGS+=-O0 -g3 -ggdb -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
+else
+	#default target
+	COMPILER_FLAGS+=-O0 -g3 -ggdb
+endif
+
+#add dependency tracking and include directories
+INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS=-c $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDE_DIRS),-I"$(dir)") -MMD -MP -MF"$(DEPDIR)/$(notdir $(patsubst %.o,%.d,$@))"
 SOURCES::=$(foreach source,$(SOURCE_DIRS),$(foreach ext,$(EXT),$(wildcard $(source)/*.$(ext))))
 OBJECTS::=$(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/,$(subst \,.,$(subst /,.,$(addsuffix .o,$(SOURCES)))))
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: $(MAIN_EXECUTABLE)
 ifeq ($(RELEASE),1)
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o "$(basename $(MAIN_EXECUTABLE))" $(LDLIBS)
 	$(STRIP) --strip-all "$(MAIN_EXECUTABLE)"
 endif
 
+#Link executable
 $(MAIN_EXECUTABLE): $(OBJECTS)
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o "$(basename $@)" $(LDLIBS)
+	$(COMPILER) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o "$(basename $@)" $(LDLIBS)
 
+#Object target recipe
 define GENERATE_OBJECTS
-
 $$(OBJDIR)/$(subst \,.,$(subst /,.,$(1))).%.o: $(1)/%
-	$$(CXX) $$(CXXFLAGS) $$(INTERNAL_CXXFLAGS) "$$<" -o "$$@"
+	$$(COMPILER) $$(COMPILER_FLAGS) $$(INTERNAL_COMPILERFLAGS) "$$<" -o "$$@"
-
 endef
 
+#Create targets for object files
 $(foreach dir,$(SOURCE_DIRS),$(eval $(call GENERATE_OBJECTS,$(dir))))
 $(OBJECTS): | $(OBJDIR) $(DEPDIR)
 
+#Output directory creation
 $(OBJDIR):
 	$(call mkdir,"$@")
 $(DEPDIR):
@@ -107,9 +129,10 @@ clean:
 	$(call rmdir,"$(DEPDIR)")
 	$(call rmdir,"$(OBJDIR)")
 	$(call rm,"$(MAIN_EXECUTABLE)")
-ifneq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+ifneq ($(WINDOWS),1)
 	$(call rm,"$(MAIN_EXECUTABLE).exe")
 endif
 
+#header file dep tracking
 -include $(wildcard $(DEPDIR)/*.d)