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This is a utility module to provide zlib compression support (i.e. gzip).
It is used by Module:CineMol to read data from commons:Category:Tabular data of the Chemical Component Dictionary.
This module is taken from https://github.com/safeteeWow/LibDeflate which is licensed under the zlib license. The zlib license is compatible with Wikipedia's license.
Usage
[edit]See official docs at https://safeteewow.github.io/LibDeflate/source/LibDeflate.lua.html for full details.
Generally this module would only be used by other modules and not directly
require( 'Module:LibDeflate' ):CompressDeflate(stringToCompress)require( 'Module:LibDeflate' ):DecompressDeflate(stringToDecompress)require( 'Module:LibDeflate' ):CompressZlib(stringToCompress)require( 'Module:LibDeflate' ):DecompressZlib(stringToDecompress)