Data-BitStream version 0.02
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A Mouse/Moose class providing read/write access to bit streams.  This includes
many integer coding methods as well as straightforward ways to implement new
codes.

Bit streams are often used in data compression and in embedded products where
memory is at a premium.  While this Perl implementation may not be appropriate
for many of these applications (speed and Perl), it can be very useful for
prototyping and experimenting with different codes.  A future implementation
using XS for internals may resolve some performance concerns.


SYNOPSIS

  use Data::BitStream;
  my $stream = Data::BitStream->new;
  $stream->put_gamma($_) for (1 .. 20);
  $stream->rewind_for_read;
  my @values = $stream->get_gamma(-1);

See the POD module documentation for examples and more information on all the
methods included.


INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install


DEPENDENCIES

This module requires these other modules and libraries:

  Test::More
  Mouse

It works identically with Moose instead of Mouse, but it's almost 2x slower.

I have tested this using perl versions 5.8.9, 5.10.1, 5.12.4, 5.14.1,
and 5.15.2.


COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2011 by Dana Jacobsen <dana@acm.org>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.14.1 or,
at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
