On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 12:03:03PM +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Concerning point 2, you could always compress by chunks (say 1M) and
> take the compressed version only if it's smaller.
which would mean you'd have to add a bit to determine if it's the
compressed or the uncompressed chunk.. Which means you still have
the increased maximum size... There really is no way of getting around
the possible size increase.. (sorry to sound defeatist :) )
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