[Zlib-devel] Fwd: zlib dll file name for AMD64 ?

[Mark Adler]

zlib Windows meisters,

What should we do about a 64-bit zlib DLL build for Windows?

What are the compatibility issues?  Can a 64-bit application use a 32-bit DLL?  Is there a speed or other advantage to having a 64-bit DLL?

Mark


Begin forwarded message:
> From: John Dlugosz <JDlugosz at TradeStation.com>
> Date: April 6, 2010 2:55:23 PM PDT
> To: "zlib at gzip.org" <zlib at gzip.org>
> Subject: zlib dll file name for AMD64 ?
> 
> The standard “common system component” zlib1.dll is built for 32-bit Win32.
> Is there a standard name for a 64-bit build?  I’m very much of the mentality that everyone can use the same DLL and share it, and making a unique name of putting it a local directory is contrary to that.