> module. Just gzip it and put it on whatever distribution site you > choose (which may or may not be CPAN) and then users will decompress > before installation.
Why not just keep the file gzipped and use IO::Zlib to read it at run time? The speed difference will probably not even be noticeable. On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 18:44:51 -0600, Ken Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 5, 2005, at 3:29 PM, Graciliano M. P. wrote: > > > You should compress the data and than append it with __DATA__ or as a > > string > > saved with Base64 to avoid binary errors. > > I think not - then you'd have to decompress it every time you used the > module. Just gzip it and put it on whatever distribution site you > choose (which may or may not be CPAN) and then users will decompress > before installation. > > -Ken > >
