fixes DLL hell on Windows

lib/wrappers/openssl.nim

@@ -14,9 +14,15 @@
 const useWinVersion = defined(Windows) or defined(nimdoc)
 
 when useWinVersion:
+  when not defined(nimOldDlls) and defined(cpu64):
+    const
+      DLLSSLName = "(ssleay64|libssl64).dll"
+      DLLUtilName = "libeay64.dll"
+  else:
     const
       DLLSSLName = "(ssleay32|libssl32).dll"
       DLLUtilName = "libeay32.dll"
+
   from winlean import SocketHandle
 else:
   const

lib/wrappers/pcre.nim

@@ -310,7 +310,12 @@ type
 
 when not defined(usePcreHeader):
   when hostOS == "windows":
+    when defined(nimOldDlls):
       const pcreDll = "pcre.dll"
+    elif defined(cpu64):
+      const pcreDll = "pcre64.dll"
+    else:
+      const pcreDll = "pcre32.dll"
   elif hostOS == "macosx":
     const pcreDll = "libpcre(.3|.1|).dylib"
   else:

lib/wrappers/pdcurses.nim

@@ -42,8 +42,14 @@ pdcwin.h:
 when defined(windows):
   import windows
 
+  when defined(nimOldDlls):
+    const pdcursesdll = "pdcurses.dll"
+  elif defined(cpu64):
+    const pdcursesdll = "pdcurses64.dll"
+  else:
+    const pdcursesdll = "pdcurses32.dll"
+
   const
-    pdcursesdll = "pdcurses.dll"
     unixOS = false
   {.pragma: extdecl, stdcall.}
 

lib/wrappers/sqlite3.nim

@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@
 
 {.deadCodeElim: on.}
 when defined(windows):
-  const
+  when defined(nimOldDlls):
-    Lib = "sqlite3.dll"
+    const Lib = "sqlite3.dll"
+  elif defined(cpu64):
+    const Lib = "sqlite3_64.dll"
+  else:
+    const Lib = "sqlite3_32.dll"
 elif defined(macosx):
   const
     Lib = "libsqlite3(|.0).dylib"

web/news.txt

@@ -50,7 +50,18 @@ News
     and are now deprecated and will be removed from the language. Instead you
     have to insert type conversions
     like ``(proc (a, b: int) {.closure.})(myToplevelProc)`` if necessary.
+  - The constant fights between 32 and 64 bit DLLs on Windows have been put to
+    an end: The standard distribution now ships with 32 and 64 bit versions
+    of all the DLLs the standard library needs. This means that the following
+    DLLs are now split into 32 and 64 versions:
 
+    * ``prce.dll``: Split into ``prce32.dll`` and ``prce64.dll``.
+    * ``pdcurses.dll``: Split into ``pdcurses32.dll`` and ``pdcurses64.dll``.
+    * ``sqlite3.dll``: Split into ``sqlite3_32.dll`` and ``sqlite3_64.dll``.
+    * ``ssleay32.dll``: Split into ``ssleay32.dll`` and ``ssleay64.dll``.
+    * ``libeay32.dll``: Split into ``libeay32.dll`` and ``libeay64.dll``.
+
+    Compile with ``-d:nimOldDLLs`` to make the stdlib use the old DLL names.
 
 
   Library additions
@@ -79,6 +90,8 @@ News
   - Tuple unpacking finally works in a non-var/let context: ``(x, y) == f()``
     is allowed. Note that this doesn't declare ``x`` and ``y`` variables, for
     this ``let (x, y) == f()`` still needs to be used.
+  - ``when nimvm`` can now be used for compiletime versions of some code
+    sections. See (XXX) for details.
 
 
   Bugfixes