[SDL] SDL_RWOps and Compression

[Ryan C. Gordon]

> I've been using ZipArchive under win32.
> It states that it compiles under Linux using the STL instead of MFC, so I
> presume it will work.
> It seems quite good.
> Is there more of a general 'pak file' style approach library?  I'd love to
> simply add all my resources to a file I don't want users to gain access to.
> ZipArchive allows password protection, but is a zip frontend, so people can
> still view the list of files in your archive if they want to.

This is a losing strategy, since users are going to find a way to get into
that zipfile, password or not.

Generally, end users don't tinker with data, but it's convenient to put it
in an archive anyhow. Those that want to tinker are going to do so.

(and even though there's no password support, PhysicsFS gives you a
general 'pak file' approach: http://icculus.org/physfs/ )

--ryan.