Have MPIR provide a target that can be used in CMake based build

[horenmar]

Can vcpkg's MPIR port also provide an interface target to link against? It would make using it to replace gmplib when porting things to Windows much easier.

[degski]

Just use mpir as if it were gmp, that's the idea. mpir.h provides the same declarations as gmp.h. If all is well, there's even a gmp.h in the mpir-install.

Caveat: mpir is built generically by vcpkg (thus useless, c-code only), it is gonna be slooooooooooooow.

[horenmar]

I am using it that way (I am porting sharpSAT to Windows and it uses gmpxx.h all over), but I want something that lets me use modern CMake, so I don't have to put together special include and link paths from vcpkg location and then apply those conditionally.

[degski]

mpir provides the same c-interface (and the same C++ bindings) as gmp, so don't count on that.

On the other hand, there is mp++, which works over gmp and mpir, I like it.

[degski]

... but I want something that lets me use modern CMake, so I don't have to put together special include and link paths from vcpkg location ...

What platform are you on.?

[horenmar]

Linux and Windows. On Linux we use system-provided gmplib if possible, on Windows we use vcpkg to provide MPIR on AppVeyor.