Compression-Util-0.18

Changes for version 0.18 - 2026-09-09

ADDITIONS
- Added the `elias_delta_encode` / `elias_delta_decode` functions.
- Added the `shannon_entropy` function.
- Added the `leb128_encode` / `leb128_decode` functions.
- Added the `golomb_rice_encode` / `golomb_rice_decode` functions.
- Added the `detect_format` function.
- Added the `decompress_auto` function.
- Added the `best_compress` / `best_decompress` functions.
IMPROVEMENTS
- Slightly faster `adler32` (1.2x faster).
- Better performance in `bwt_sort` for highly repetitive patterns.
- Better performance in `bytes2int`, `bytes2int_lsb` and `read_null_terminated`.
- Faster LZSS/LZ77 decoding for overlapping matches.
CHANGES
- Changed the `elias_omega_encode` to properly implement Elias Omega coding (it used to implement Elias Delta coding).
- Removed the `lzss_encode_hash4()` function. Use `lzss_encode_fast()` instead!

Implementation of various techniques used in data compression.

To install Compression::Util, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm Compression::Util

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Compression::Util

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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