Method Gz.deflate()->deflate()

Method deflate

string deflate(string data, int|void flush)

Description

This function performs gzip style compression on a string data and returns the packed data. Streaming can be done by calling this function several times and concatenating the returned data.

The optional argument flush should be one of the following:

`Gz.NO_FLUSH`	Only data that doesn't fit in the internal buffers is returned.
`Gz.PARTIAL_FLUSH`	All input is packed and returned.
`Gz.SYNC_FLUSH`	All input is packed and returned.
`Gz.FINISH`	All input is packed and an 'end of data' marker is appended.

Note

Data must not be wide string.

See also

Gz.inflate->inflate()