Class Bz2.Deflate

Description

Bz2.Deflate is a builtin program written in C. It interfaces the packing routines in the bzlib library.

Note

This program is only available if libz was available and found when Pike was compiled.

See also

Bz2.Inflate()

Method create

Bz2.Deflate Bz2.Deflate(int(1..9)|void block_size)

Description

If given, block_size should be a number from 1 to 9 indicating the block size used when doing compression. The actual block size will be a 100000 times this number. Low numbers are considered 'fast', higher numbers are considered 'slow' but give better packing. The parameter is set to 9 if it is omitted.

This function can also be used to re-initialize a Bz2.Deflate object so it can be re-used.