great stuff, not having to lug around the cgo based library that's already there will make deployments easier.
On Sunday, 2 June 2019 17:36:46 UTC+1, Klaus Post wrote: > > I am happy to announce the availability of the first Zstandard compressor > written in Go. This package will allow you to get very fast compression to > the Zstandard format. > > The current compressor is focused mainly on speed and outperforms > gzip/deflate typically by a factor of 3x for similar compression ratios. It > is also within a reasonable margin, typically 0.75x the throughput of the > reference library called with cgo. Also, it has CRC checks and better error > handling compared to the cgo library. > > Alongside the previously released decompressor, this will allow you to do > very fast compression and decompression with unrivaled efficiency in pure > Go. > > Both a stream and byte blob compressor is made available and both operate > without allocations if re-used, so it will also play nicely with the rest > of your application. > > As a bonus, there is a Snappy -> Zstandard stream converter. This was > mainly a development tool, but could be useful for some. > > Current status: The main goal for the initial release was to get something > that would be a feasible replacement for both deflate/gzip and the cgo > wrapper. The package in its current shape allows to replace both for > scenarios where fast compression is required. The compressor has been > (fuzz) tested, but may still contain subtle bugs - so if you are dealing > with critical data, you might want to do your own testing first. > > Feedback and experience reports are appreciated. This has taken most of my > free time the last several months and has been a great learning experience. > I plan to dive into the more efficient (and slower) compression modes next > - but feel free to write if you desperately need something else. > > > Package: https://github.com/klauspost/compress/tree/master/zstd#zstd > > > /Klaus > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/c0db67f0-39aa-49cd-a376-a244c9241924%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
