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correct version info for zlib. 

add note about module failing with old versions of the library.

update comment that explains that this doc is *still* out of date
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Jeremy Hylton 1999-04-05 21:55:21 +00:00
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% XXX The module has been extended (by Jeremy) but this documentation
% hasn't been updated completely.
% XXX The module has been extended (by Jeremy and Andrew) but this
% documentation is incorrect in some cases.
\section{\module{zlib} ---
Compression library compatible with \program{gzip}.}
Compression library compatible with \program{gzip}}
\declaremodule{builtin}{zlib}
\modulesynopsis{Low-level interface to compression and decompression
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For applications that require data compression, the functions in this
module allow compression and decompression, using the zlib library.
The zlib library has its own home page at
\url{http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/}. Version 1.0.4 is the
most recent version as of December, 1997; use a later version if one
is available.
\url{http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/}. Version 1.1.3 is the
most recent version as of April 199; use a later version if one
is available. There are known incompatibilities between the Python
module and earlier versions of the zlib library.
The documentation for this module is woefully out of date. In some
cases, the doc strings have been updated more recently. In other
cases, they are both stale.
The available exception and functions in this module are: