cannam@128:                         ZLib for Ada thick binding (ZLib.Ada)
cannam@128:                         Release 1.3
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cannam@128: ZLib.Ada is a thick binding interface to the popular ZLib data
cannam@128: compression library, available at http://www.gzip.org/zlib/.
cannam@128: It provides Ada-style access to the ZLib C library.
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cannam@128:         Here are the main changes since ZLib.Ada 1.2:
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cannam@128: - Attension: ZLib.Read generic routine have a initialization requirement
cannam@128:   for Read_Last parameter now. It is a bit incompartible with previous version,
cannam@128:   but extends functionality, we could use new parameters Allow_Read_Some and
cannam@128:   Flush now.
cannam@128: 
cannam@128: - Added Is_Open routines to ZLib and ZLib.Streams packages.
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cannam@128: - Add pragma Assert to check Stream_Element is 8 bit.
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cannam@128: - Fix extraction to buffer with exact known decompressed size. Error reported by
cannam@128:   Steve Sangwine.
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cannam@128: - Fix definition of ULong (changed to unsigned_long), fix regression on 64 bits
cannam@128:   computers. Patch provided by Pascal Obry.
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cannam@128: - Add Status_Error exception definition.
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cannam@128: - Add pragma Assertion that Ada.Streams.Stream_Element size is 8 bit.
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cannam@128:         How to build ZLib.Ada under GNAT
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cannam@128: You should have the ZLib library already build on your computer, before
cannam@128: building ZLib.Ada. Make the directory of ZLib.Ada sources current and
cannam@128: issue the command:
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cannam@128:   gnatmake test -largs -L<directory where libz.a is> -lz
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cannam@128: Or use the GNAT project file build for GNAT 3.15 or later:
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cannam@128:   gnatmake -Pzlib.gpr -L<directory where libz.a is>
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cannam@128:         How to build ZLib.Ada under Aonix ObjectAda for Win32 7.2.2
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cannam@128: 1. Make a project with all *.ads and *.adb files from the distribution.
cannam@128: 2. Build the libz.a library from the ZLib C sources.
cannam@128: 3. Rename libz.a to z.lib.
cannam@128: 4. Add the library z.lib to the project.
cannam@128: 5. Add the libc.lib library from the ObjectAda distribution to the project.
cannam@128: 6. Build the executable using test.adb as a main procedure.
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cannam@128:         How to use ZLib.Ada
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cannam@128: The source files test.adb and read.adb are small demo programs that show
cannam@128: the main functionality of ZLib.Ada.
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cannam@128: The routines from the package specifications are commented.
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cannam@128: Homepage: http://zlib-ada.sourceforge.net/
cannam@128: Author: Dmitriy Anisimkov <anisimkov@yahoo.com>
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cannam@128: Contributors: Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.org>, Steve Sangwine <sjs@essex.ac.uk>