gmp3 with 4.08.x

[Simon Marlow]

> On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 12:32:56 +0100, Simon Marlow wrote:
> > > Is it possible to get a ghc-4.08.x working with libgmp3 (external
> > > would be nice)?
> > >=20
> > > How? =3D)
> >=20
> > Not without making some changes to the 4.08.x RTS.  I would=20
> stick with
> > GMP 2 if you can.
>=20
> [299]% ldd /usr/lib/ghc-4.08.1/hsc
> -->     libgmp.so.3 =3D> /usr/lib/libgmp.so.3 (0x4001b000)     =20
>         <--
>         libm.so.6 =3D> /lib/libm.so.6 (0x4003d000)
>         libc.so.6 =3D> /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4005f000)
>         /lib/ld-linux.so.2 =3D> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000)
> =09
> worx. :) At least, it compiles.  Is there any short program I can test
> whether the gmp stuff works correctly with?  Is using `Integer' types
> (and computations on it) enough?
>=20
> BTW: I didn't change too much, AFAIR.

The native code generator will also need changing (it refers to some of
the internal GMP functions explicitly).  I think probably the rest of
the compiler is OK.

To test it you need to use large integers, as Marcin pointed out.

Cheers,
	Simon