Why is openzwave distributed as a dll on windows?

[rrozema]

Hi,

As the title says: why is the openzwave library distributed as a dll on the windows platform? As opposed to linking the library into the exe file? The dll needs to be specificaly compiled for this project (https://github.com/OpenZWave/open-zwave/pull/1835, so this dll can not be shared with other executables. Also, the openzwave(d).dll is not a binary distributed by an external party (/other project). Linking it into the executable would prevent Domoticz users from accidently using an incorrect version of the dll or not being able to find the dll. As far as I know the openzwave library is linked into the Domoticz executable on other platforms too. Is there a reason, that I not know of, for not linking it into the executable on Windows?

Richard Rozema