zlib 0.79

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zlib 0.71 is a beta version of a general purpose compression library.
zlib 0.79 is a beta version of a general purpose compression library.
The data format used by the zlib library is described in the
file zlib-3.1.doc, deflate-1.1.doc and gzip-4.1.doc, available
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which also tests that the library is working correctly.
To compile all files and run the test program, just type: make test
The changes made in version 0.71 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
The main changes since 0.5 are:
- added full inflate support
- added minigzip.c
- added gzdopen to reopen a file descriptor as gzFile
- added transparent reading of non-gziped files in gzread.
- fix some MSDOS problems. example and minigzip now work on MSDOS.
- Simplified the crc32() interface. The pre- and post-conditioning
(one's complement) is now done inside crc32(). WARNING: this is
incompatible with previous versions; see zlib.h for the new usage.
The changes made in version 0.79 are documented in the file ChangeLog.
The main changes since 0.71 are:
- add fast inflate (inffast.c)
- In gzio destroy(), don't reference a freed structure
On MSDOS, this version works in large and small model with MSC; in
small model only with TurboC (bug being investigated). For both