Re: [RFC] CryptoAPI & Compression

Artem B. Bityuckiy
2005-04-01T14:58:06Z

David Woodhouse wrote:
> Hm. Could we avoid using Z_SYNC_FLUSH and stick with a larger amount?
> That would give us better compression.

Yes, the compression will be better. But the implementation will be more
complicated.
We can try to use the "bound" functions to predict how many bytes to
pass to the deflate's input, but there is no guarantee they'll fit into
the output buffer. In this case we'll need to try again.

Possibly, we may do something like this:

Try good compression using the prediction technique.
If we didn't fit the output buffer, use the old but determined algorithm.