Re: C++ Deflate (zlib-like) library

From: Gavin Lambert (boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-03-08 23:58:17

On 7/03/2020 07:14, Vinnie Falco wrote:
> In other words, the same type of shitty C API found in ZLib - no thanks.

There's a reason general-use libraries end up gravitating towards shitty 
C APIs -- because C++ has a much more shitty ABI, making the C API the 
only one that can actually be consumed cross-compiler and 
cross-language-binding.

One of the other shitty interface parts -- use of overloaded options 
parameters -- also tends to be a side effect of trying to maintain 
cross-version ABI stability.