[Zlib-devel] zlib 1.2.3.4 Winter Solstice Edition

[Vincent Torri]

On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, Cosmin Truta wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Vincent Torri wrote:
>>
>>> diff -u ../../../zlib-1.2.3/zutil.h ./zutil.h
>>> --- ../../../zlib-1.2.3/zutil.h 2005-07-11 22:35:48.000000000 +0200
>>> +++ ./zutil.h   2008-07-22 00:29:38.000000000 +0200
>>> @@ -17,9 +17,7 @@
>>> #include "zlib.h"
>>>
>>> #ifdef STDC
>>> -#  ifndef _WIN32_WCE
>>
>> about this one, _WIN32_WCE must not be include stddef.h, but __MINGW32CE__
>> must include it
>
> Assuming there will possibly be other gcc-based WinCE compilers in the
> future, besides MinGW32CE, I thing it's even better to state:
>
> _WIN32_WCE must not include stddef.h, but __GNUC__ must include it.
> In fact, stddef.h is one of the few headers that are guaranteed to
> come with any installation of gcc, regardless the platform.

you are right.

> On a side, I'm curious: what is the minimum _WIN32_WCE version that
> does provide stddef.h? It's a C89 (not C99) header!

_WIN32_WCE is used for something that is in the microsoft Windows CE SDK. 
It does not provide stddef.h. Windows CE does not follow any standard. It 
is a terrible OS. Cecking the version is not relevant wrt stddef.h

thank you for the comment :)

Vincent Torri