Bit more like the other CMake PR, as they might no more what they're doing than I do.

mdaley · mdaley · commit 40d4a4364b56 · 2020-04-29T09:47:33.000+01:00
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 project(matplotlib_cpp)
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
 find_package(Python COMPONENTS Development NumPy)
 
@@ -12,17 +12,16 @@ message("Python_LIBRARIES:${Python_LIBRARIES}")
 message("Python_INCLUDE_DIRS:${Python_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 message("Python_NumPy_INCLUDE_DIRS:${Python_NumPy_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 
-set(includes matplotlibcpp.h ${Python_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Python_NumPy_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/examples/build)
 
-set(libraries ${Python_LIBRARIES})
+add_library(matplotlibcpp INTERFACE)
+target_include_directories(matplotlibcpp INTERFACE include ${Python_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Python_NumPy_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+target_link_libraries(matplotlibcpp INTERFACE ${Python_LIBRARIES})
 
 set(targets minimal basic animation bar colorbar fill fill_inbetween imshow
         lines3d modern nonblock quiver subplot subplot2grid surface update xkcd)
 
-set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/examples/build)
-
 foreach(target ${targets})
     add_executable(${target} examples/${target}.cpp)
-    target_include_directories(${target} PRIVATE ${includes})
-    target_link_libraries(${target} ${libraries})
+    target_link_libraries(${target} matplotlibcpp)
 endforeach()
