* Tim Bunce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-16 11:53]:
> (Meanwhile it could emulate the whole API and just return
> errors when interfaces it doesn't support are called.)
That's an excellent suggestion and nicely resolves the naming
issue as a side effect. Very nice.
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* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-16 10:14]:
> I don't think the other suggested names are appropriate, as
> they all deal with Gzip and Gunzip, which
> Archive::Zlib(_PP|::Perl) doesn't appear to implement.
gzip and zlib use the (exactly) same compression algorithm. The
zlib docs m
Hi,
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Then maybe it needs to mention that it's an emulation, but
> besides Compress::Zlib::Emulated anything I come up with needs at
> least three words, and those are still incomplete.
>
> Maybe Compress::Gunzip::ZlibAPI?
On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 09:51:18PM +, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:43:27AM +1300, Sam Vilain wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:19, Nicholas Clark wrote;
> >
> > > Autrijus suggested Compress::Zlib::PurePerl, which I think is
> > > reasonable.
> >
> > ...but it doesn'
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> * Sam Vilain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-15 22:44]:
> > ...but it doesn't use Zlib! :) Compress::Gzip?
>
> * Nicholas Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-15 22:53]:
> > But it doesn't compress. Compress:Gunzip?
> > Uncompress::Gzip (Neither really mean
* Sam Vilain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-15 22:44]:
> ...but it doesn't use Zlib! :) Compress::Gzip?
* Nicholas Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-02-15 22:53]:
> But it doesn't compress. Compress:Gunzip?
> Uncompress::Gzip (Neither really meant as serious suggestions)
>
> Problem is that it's a
On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:43:27AM +1300, Sam Vilain wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:19, Nicholas Clark wrote;
>
> > Autrijus suggested Compress::Zlib::PurePerl, which I think is
> > reasonable.
>
> ...but it doesn't use Zlib! :) Compress::Gzip?
But it doesn't compress. Compress:Gunzip?
U
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:19, Nicholas Clark wrote;
> Autrijus suggested Compress::Zlib::PurePerl, which I think is
> reasonable.
...but it doesn't use Zlib! :) Compress::Gzip?
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Ton Hospel has written a pure perl implementation of gunzip. (no mean feat)
Autrijus sent to the PAR list and asked if anyone could refactor it to
emulate Compress::Zlib's interface sufficiently to allow Archive::Zip
(and therefore PAR) to work with it (to unpack zip files).
It seems that the only
