Re: [xml] libxml2 win64

["Cory Nelson" <phrosty gmail com>]

On Feb 8, 2008 12:38 PM, Igor Zlatkovic <igor zlatkovic com> wrote:
> On 07/02/08 06:01, Eric Zurcher csiro au wrote:
> > Hi Fabrice,
> >
> > I am not aware of anyone providing 64-bit Windows binaries for libxml2,
> > but it would be useful if someone were to do so. If you succeed in your
> > recompilation, perhaps you could pass your binaries on to Igor for
> > broader distribution.
>
> This has some demand, judged by the emails I receive offlist and I
> expect it will grow. I must update my hardware soon and should I come to
> posess something that is 64-bit capable, I'll provide and support these
> binaries along with 32-bit ones by default.
>
> In fact, I could cross-compile them now, but then I won't really be able
> to debug them should a plague arise which is not reproducible on a
> 32-bit platform.
>
> On the other side, this software is quite bit-independent and it runs
> quite good on 64-bit Unix platforms. Perhaps I should just cross-compile
>   64-bit binaries and send them forth. A bit-related problem is rare
> enough to handle. And the time between now and when I posess 64-bit
> hardware is short, at least by cosmic measures :) :)

I've been using a 64-bit libxml2 on windows for a while now, with no
issues other than a frustrating use of int where size_t should be used
for function args.  I have not used it with iconv and zlib, though I
have used both of those independantly as 64-bit.

-- 
Cory Nelson