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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-04-30 19:39:21 (GMT)
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-% zlib compression module version A.01.02
-% Alpha test release.
-% Written by A.M. Kuchling (amk@magnet.com)
-% Comments are welcomed.
-%
-% Can you think of a better name than zlib? (The module's purpose isn't
-% really obvious from the name)
-
\section{Built-in Module \sectcode{zlib}}
\bimodindex{zlib}
For applications that require data compression, the functions in this
-module allow compression and decompression, using a library based on
-GNU zip. The library is available at
-\code{ftp://godzilli.cs.sunysb.edu/pub/ngf/zlib-1.00.tar.gz},
-and is mirrored at
-\code{ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/src/zlib-1.00.tar.gz}. Version
-1.00 is the most recent version as of March 18, 1996; use a later
-version if one is available.
+module allow compression and decompression, using the zlib library,
+which is based on GNU zip. The zlib library has its own home page at
+\code{http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/}.
+Version 1.0.4 is the most recent version as of April 30, 1997; use a
+later version if one is available.
The available functions in this module are:
@@ -65,7 +55,9 @@ error occurs.
\begin{funcdesc}{decompressobj}{\optional{wbits}}
Returns a compression object, to be used for decompressing data streams
- that won't fit into memory at once. The \var{wbits} parameter controls the size of the window buffer; usually this can be left alone.
+that won't fit into memory at once. The \var{wbits} parameter
+controls the size of the window buffer; usually this can be left
+alone.
\end{funcdesc}
Compression objects support the following methods:
@@ -92,8 +84,8 @@ Decompress \var{string}, returning a string containing the
uncompressed data corresponding to at least part of the data in
\var{string}. This data should be concatenated to the output produced
by any preceding calls to the
-\code{decompress()} method. Some of the input data may be preserved in internal buffers
-for later processing.
+\code{decompress()} method. Some of the input data may be preserved
+in internal buffers for later processing.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{flush}{}