Re: OT: Stream structures in bzlib and zlib

Heiko Wundram (Beenic) wrote:
> Hey all!
> 
> I'm currently working on a project using zlib and bzlib, and I'm currently 
> slightly stomped by the fact that both define the input buffer in their 
> stream structure as non-const.

I think they're not defined as const just to maintain
compatibility with old and/or broken compilers.

libarchive treats them as const and has never had any
problems from this.

Cheers,

Tim Kientzle
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