In an attempt to verify some code I've written using MPIR and Visual C++ 2010 Express (which only supports generating 32-bit executables) I downloaded Visual Studio 11 Developer Preview - which gives me access to an effective beta of the next version of Visual Studio Ultimate Edition. My motivation has been to verify that my code is efficient in both 32 and 64-bit windows environments - and to detect any potential errors with respect to presumed register sizes. I also hoped to benchmark the 64-bit build against the 32-bit build to establish if there is a strong motivation for investing in a 64-bit Windows C++ compiler.
I've attempted to build the MPIR project by importing the Visual Studio 10 solution as provided in 2.4.0, but have run into difficulties that didn't present themselves with Express Edition. Building with the IDE caused the IDE to hang at link time. I also tried building VS11-Developer-Preview using the batch files - which appears to generate lib files - but they don't appear to contain the necessary symbols - I can't link successfully against them. I'm not surprised to find that there are glitches building MPIR using the preview release of Visual Studio - but I'd like to know if others have run into similar difficulties - and, if so, how they've resolved them. I'd like to avoid duplicating effort unnecessarily... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mpir-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en.
