[Freeciv-Dev] Re: FREECIV_COMPRESSION_LEVEL

[banjo <banjo@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Kaufman wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 08:29:07PM +1300, banjo wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm having a go at writing a freeciv client in perl.
> >
> > I have some questions, is USE_COMPRESSION used?
> > more importantly how can a client determine FREECIV_COMPRESSION_LEVEL?
>
> yes I do believe it is used. I just skimmed over the code, (packets.c) and 
> it seems as though the receiver of the packet doesn't need to know the
> compression level to uncompress whether it be the server or client.
>
> see what's happening: change these defines:
>
> #define BASIC_PACKET_LOG_LEVEL  LOG_DEBUG
> #define COMPRESS_LOG_LEVEL      LOG_DEBUG
> #define COMPRESS2_LOG_LEVEL     LOG_DEBUG
cheers, that'll help.


> The real question is: are you sure you want to do what you are doing? Many
> have tried... (though not in perl).
>
> -mike
what stopped them?
which part was too hard?
the network connector? (packets.def helps a lot)
the ai bit?

I'm mainly aiming at producing a perl lib that
others can build on.

-billy