[Zlib-devel] Re: ABI compatibility of zlib 1.0.x, 1.1.x, and 1.2.x

Jeff Johnson n3npq at nc.rr.com
Fri Dec 5 21:39:50 EST 2003


Cosmin Truta wrote:

>
>Although it's superfluous, something has to be stated about NOT relying
>at all on private symbols that leak out of "zlib.h", or on pieces of
>code that do more than the documentation claims.
>  
>

There is attribute magic to deal with "symbols that leak" if using 
gcc/binutils that
should not hurt non-gcc platforms.

I can take a shot at a patch to eliminate the symbol leakge if you wish.

73 de Jeff






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