Module Gz

GZIP layer.

GZIP is a standard on top of RFC1951 according RFC1952. It uses the De implementation with the LZ77 compression algorithm. Module provides non-blocking streaming codec to decode and encode GZIP encoding. It can efficiently work payload by payload without blocking IO.

module Bigarray = Bigarray_compat

MirageOS compatibility.

Type type for bigstring.

type window = De.window

The type for sliding window.

val io_buffer_size : int
type os =
| FAT
| Amiga
| VMS
| Unix
| VM
| Atari
| HPFS
| Macintosh
| Z
| CPM
| TOPS20
| NTFS
| QDOS
| Acorn
| Unknown

The type for Operating-System.

val pp_os : Format.formatter -> os -> unit

Pretty-printer of os.

val equal_os : os -> os -> bool

equal_os a b returns true if a is exactly the same os than b. Otherwise, it returns false.

GZIP Decoder.

Unlike de, gz provides a referentially transparent Inf.decoder. The client must use a Inf.decoder given by Inf.decode instead of a decoder given to Inf.decode. A common use of gz is:

let rec go d0 = match Inf.decode d0 with
  | `Await d1 -> ... go d1
  | `Flush d1 -> ... go d1
  | _ -> .... in
module Inf : sig ... end

GZIP Encoder.

GZIP encoder is glue between the LZ77 algorithm and the DEFLATE encoder, prefixed with a GZIP header. Any deal with compression algorithm is not possible on this layer (see De for more details). As Inf, and unlike De, Gz provides a referentially transparent encoder.

The client must use the Def.encoder given by Def.encode instead a encoder given to Def.encode.

module Def : sig ... end
module Higher : sig ... end