NAME
Gzip::Libdeflate - Perl interface to libdeflate
SYNOPSIS
use Gzip::Libdeflate;VERSION
This documents version 0.00_02 of Gzip-Libdeflate corresponding to git commit 852876631d0d0b1786d8ec2a1de711ab89c7b838 released on Sat Feb 13 09:12:21 2021 +0900. This distribution also includes libdeflate version 1.7.
DESCRIPTION
Interface to libdeflate. libdeflate offers the same forms of compression as zlib, as used in gzip, libpng and similar utilities. This distribution includes libdeflate within itself, so it is not necessary to have that on your system.
METHODS
Creators
compressor
my $co = Gzip::Libdeflate->compressor ();Accepts an optional number argument of compression level (1-12). The default is 6.
decompressor
my $de = Gzip::Libdeflate->decompressor ();Compressors
deflate_compress
my $dthing = $gl->gzip_compress ($thing);gzip_compress
my $gzthing = $gl->gzip_compress ($thing);zlib_compress
my $zthing = $gl->zlib_compress ($thing);Decompressors
deflate_decompress
Not implemented in this release.
gzip_decompress
my $thing = $gl->gzip_decompress ($gzthing);zlib_compress
Not implemented in this release.
SEE ALSO
About libdeflate
https://github.com/ebiggers/libdeflate
CPAN modules
AUTHOR
Ben Bullock, <bkb@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT & LICENCE
This package and associated files are copyright (C) 2021 Ben Bullock.
You can use, copy, modify and redistribute this package and associated files under the Perl Artistic Licence or the GNU General Public Licence.
Libdeflate is copyright Eric Biggers and is used under the following licence.
Copyright 2016 Eric Biggers
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.