[Zlib-devel] update for zlib 1.2.3.9 - project and assembly code

[Mark Adler]

On Feb 23, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Gilles Vollant wrote:
> http://gvollant.free.fr/upd2gv_zlib1239.zip

Gilles,

Thanks.  I have applied that.  However example.c is exactly the same as the one in 1.2.3.9.

> I suggest remove vc7 and vc8

Ok.  Anyone have a problem with that?

Also I'm wondering if I should move the vstudio stuff to projects/ instead of contrib/ .  I think it's more appropriate in projects/ .

> Just a question now : how many people use the assembly code version (for x86
> and x86_64)
> if not, why ?
> - not interested by more performance
> - not sure the code is reliable
> - complex integration

I don't mainly because I am unsure of the reliability, and I have not investigated the reliability since I understand the gains to be marginal (order 10%).  If the gains were larger, e.g. a factor of 2 or even 50%, then I would be more inclined to make those part of the mainstream zlib.

Mark