std.compress

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On Wednesday, 5 June 2013 at 00:58:02 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 6/4/2013 5:13 PM, Marco Leise wrote:
> Actually, I've often thought of making dmd able to read 
> everything it needs out of a zip file.

I support that. It would make distributing source code cleaner. 
Most of the time you don't need to look at the code, just compile 
it, while still knowing that you have it available in an archive 
if you need it.

Maybe that kind of support could improve the distribution of 
closed-source libraries, too: the generated .di files and the 
binaries could be packaged together in a zip file.

More, the zip file could be really easy tested for 
self-containment. It happens sometime that a folder of code 
compiles, then when you package the whole thing and ship it, you 
discover that you forget to package inside some kind of 
file/dependency, and the customers are complaining about it.

With a zip file, you just do a compile-check on the final package 
and, if ok, then it is ready for shipment.

Btw, I cannot not resist, just adding here my favorite quote in 
software development:

"It compiles. Let's ship it!" :)