Anyone interested in doing a port?

http://www.gzip.org/zlib/

Does it have to be a port or can it be a wrapper?

Sean

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:a349bc$19e6$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Anyone interested in doing a port?
>
> http://www.gzip.org/zlib/

On the one hand, a wrapper is quick & easy, and it's compatible with future revisions to zlib. On the other hand, zlib has been stable for years and seems unlikely to change. A port would show that D is capable of efficiently compiling it (unlike, say, the Java zlib wrapper which relies on a DLL written in C). I did a port of regexp rather than a wrapper for just that reason. A port will also expose any weaknesses in D that I need to fix.

-Walter


"Sean L. Palmer" <spalmer@iname.com> wrote in message news:a35on5$264e$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Does it have to be a port or can it be a wrapper?
>
> Sean
>
> "Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:a349bc$19e6$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > Anyone interested in doing a port?
> >
> > http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
>
>
>

How You think, should it ported "directly" (structured programming) or converted to OO concepts.

Ruslanas

Walter wrote:

> On the one hand, a wrapper is quick & easy, and it's compatible with future
> revisions to zlib. On the other hand, zlib has been stable for years and
> seems unlikely to change. A port would show that D is capable of efficiently
> compiling it (unlike, say, the Java zlib wrapper which relies on a DLL
> written in C). I did a port of regexp rather than a wrapper for just that
> reason. A port will also expose any weaknesses in D that I need to fix.
> 
> -Walter
> 
> 
> "Sean L. Palmer" <spalmer@iname.com> wrote in message
> news:a35on5$264e$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> 
>>Does it have to be a port or can it be a wrapper?
>>
>>Sean
>>
>>"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message
>>news:a349bc$19e6$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>>
>>>Anyone interested in doing a port?
>>>
>>>http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
>>>
>>
>>
> 
> 

I'll let whoever wants to do it make that decision!

"Ruslanas Abdrachimovas" <anubis@03bar.ktu.lt> wrote in message news:3C57B552.7050008@03bar.ktu.lt...
> How You think, should it ported "directly" (structured programming) or
> converted to OO concepts.
>
> Ruslanas
>
> Walter wrote:
>
> > On the one hand, a wrapper is quick & easy, and it's compatible with
future
> > revisions to zlib. On the other hand, zlib has been stable for years and seems unlikely to change. A port would show that D is capable of
efficiently
> > compiling it (unlike, say, the Java zlib wrapper which relies on a DLL written in C). I did a port of regexp rather than a wrapper for just
that
> > reason. A port will also expose any weaknesses in D that I need to fix.
> >
> > -Walter
> >
> >
> > "Sean L. Palmer" <spalmer@iname.com> wrote in message news:a35on5$264e$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> >
> >>Does it have to be a port or can it be a wrapper?
> >>
> >>Sean
> >>
> >>"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:a349bc$19e6$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> >>
> >>>Anyone interested in doing a port?
> >>>
> >>>http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:a39hth$1nnr$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I'll let whoever wants to do it make that decision!

I'll give it a try.