Re: [Help-smalltalk] ZLib Z_SYNC_FLUSH/Z_FULL_FLUSH

[Paolo Bonzini]

> That would be mostmy my usage: having the tcp stream completly
> compressed and mostly replacing the tcpSocket by inflate/deflate
> streams.
>
> The actual read-loop in my program looks like this:
>
>      [[inputStream atEnd not] whileTrue: [self handleData: inputStream 
> nextHunk]]
>
> I would then after the compression-handshake replace inputStream (which is a 
> tcp socket
> before the handshake) with an inflate stream.

Yes, but don't expect nextHunk to retrieve a whole packet.  It could 
return only part of it.  I would just do

  [inputStream atEnd not] whileTrue: [ self handleData: inputStream ]

You can assume that the RawInflateStream will not request more data from 
the socket when it sees a flush.  So, if #handleData: does not try to 
read past the end of the packet, it should just work.

Paolo