bz2

Bindings to libbz2

Version on this page:1.0.0.1
LTS Haskell 23.19:1.0.1.2
Stackage Nightly 2025-04-30:1.0.1.2
Latest on Hackage:1.0.1.2

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BSD-3-Clause licensed by Vanessa McHale
Maintained by [email protected]
This version can be pinned in stack with:bz2-1.0.0.1@sha256:6aeff5e1f7abc903b3dca739b3324477453af57409892dacfbea5e65230e38c5,3867

Module documentation for 1.0.0.1

Depends on 2 packages(full list with versions):
base, bytestring

bz2

High-level bindings to bzip2.

Comparison

Compared to bzlib:

  • Bundles bzip2 1.0.8.
  • Compatible with GHC 8.8.2
  • Uses c2hs rather than hsc2hs and thus has a larger dependency footprint

Backpack Integration

bz2 implements bzip-signature, which makes it interchangeable with bzlib.

Changes

bz2

1.0.0.0

  • Remove Codec.Compression.BZip.Foreign
  • Use ForeignPtr under the hood
  • Lazier streaming; memory use should be sensible

0.1.1.2

  • Use ForeignPtrs under the hood in various places (over bracket)

0.1.1.1

  • Haddock improvements

0.1.1.0

  • Change type signature of bZ2BzlibVersion
  • Add Codec.Compression.BZip module

0.1.0.1

  • Fix distribution

0.1.0.0

Initial release