/* deflate.c -- compress data using the deflation algorithm
* Copyright (C) 1995-2003 Jean-loup Gailly.
* For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in zlib.h
*/
/*
* ALGORITHM
*
* The "deflation" process depends on being able to identify portions
* of the input text which are identical to earlier input (within a
* sliding window trailing behind the input currently being processed).
*
* The most straightforward technique turns out to be the fastest for
* most input files: try all possible matches and select the longest.
* The key feature of this algorithm is that insertions into the string
* dictionary are very simple and thus fast, and deletions are avoided
* completely. Insertions are performed at each input character, whereas
* string matches are performed only when the previous match ends. So it
* is preferable to spend more time in matches to allow very fast string
* insertions and avoid deletions. The matching algorithm for small
* strings is inspired from that of Rabin & Karp. A brute force approach
* is used to find longer strings when a small match has been found.
* A similar algorithm is used in comic (by Jan-Mark Wams) and freeze
* (by Leonid Broukhis).
* A previous version of this file used a more sophisticated algorithm
* (by Fiala and Greene) which is guaranteed to run in linear amortized
* time, but has a larger average cost, uses more memory and is patented.
* However the F&G algorithm may be faster for some highly redundant
* files if the parameter max_chain_length (described below) is too large.
*
* ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
*
* The idea of lazy evaluation of matches is due to Jan-Mark Wams, and
* I found it in 'freeze' written by Leonid Broukhis.
* Thanks to many people for bug reports and testing.
*
* REFERENCES
*
* Deutsch, L.P.,"DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification".
* Available in http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1951.txt
*
* A description of the Rabin and Karp algorithm is given in the book
* "Algorithms" by R. Sedgewick, Addison-Wesley, p252.
*
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