Re: Why not zlib-compress-region?

[Paul Eggert]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>   > So having an FFI implementation that requires a compiler might be a
>   > disadvantage on Posix systems as well.
>
> Anything's possible.  I don't think it's worth worrying about it.
> XEmacs/SXEmacs have*never*  received complaints about availability of
> compilers for our version of "Stefan-style FFI".

My experience, such as it is, mirrors yours.  Availability of compilers 
is not a significant problem on GNUish and POSIXish systems.

It'd be reasonable to implement "Stefan-style FFI" assuming the presence 
of a compiler, and then worry about systems lacking compilers later.  We 
wouldn't be any worse off than we are now.