Re: [TCLCORE] CFV: Zlib and PNG

[Jeff H. <je...@ac...>]

Donal K. Fellows wrote:
> As has been thoroughly threatened, here's the Call For Votes on getting
> zlib support for Tcl (yay compression!) and PNG support for Tk (yay
> modern icons!) Votes should be sent to tcl-core by midday GMT next
> Monday (i.e. [clock format 1228737600]).
> 
>    TIP#234: Add Support For Zlib Compression
>    TIP#244: PNG Photo Image Support for Tk
> 
> My votes:
>    TIP#234: YES
>    TIP#244: YES
> 
> I have one subsidiary question in relation to Zlib support which, I
> think, does not cause major problems if dealt with *now* but which would
> be awkward to tackle down the road.
> 
>    Should the prefix for the C API be "Zlib_" or "Tcl_Zlib" or what?

TIP#234: YES
TIP#244: YES

It should be Tcl_Zlib and it should _not_ be a separate package or in 
any way optional.  No 8.6 Tcl should ship without zlib support built in.

Jeff