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Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch> writes:

> Whis reminds me. Isn't the libz you link in for png support also for
> gzip compression/decompression?

That is correct.

> Then shouldn't we use it fure ungzipping buffers too?

It might be a good idea at some point.  It would be Yet Another
Library dependency.  Right now you don't have to have this library to
link.  Does this library get installed when you install gzip?  I can't 
recall and I don't have the gzip source handy.

> I mean calling gzip is 'the unix way' but if you already have libs
> in memory, why not use them?

At some point, I agree.  Is someone willing to take this on as a
project?

