[LLVMdev] proposal to avoid zlib dependency.

[Reid Kleckner]

It might not be available, so all codepaths have to recover from zlib
unavailability. For example, I don't think compressed DWARF works on
Windows.

On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Filip Pizlo <fpizlo at apple.com> wrote:

> What is the downside of Zlib dependency?  I'm curious! :-)
>
> -Filip
>
> On Sep 16, 2014, at 2:45 PM, Christophe Duvernois <
> christophe.duvernois at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> Miniz (https://code.google.com/p/miniz/ ) is very small and performant
> implementation of zlib compression with api compatibility and it is public
> domain...
> Miniz can be integrated directly into the llvm source code.
> So it could be a good replacement or alternative to avoid zlib
> dependency...
>
> If someone is interested i can provide a patch.
>
> Regards
> Christophe
>
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