Re^3: Module for Approximate File Comparison

If I recall correctly, zlib (and so, gzip) operate over a data window of 64Kb or less, so your method would not work if the files are bigger than that.

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Re^4: Module for Approximate File Comparison by atcroft (Abbot) on Sep 24, 2007 at 23:46 UTC
True-any compression method that uses a data window in a similar manner would experience the same issue, albeit the size at which it would occur would be dependent upon the size of said window. The code above was merely an example.	[reply]


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