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Why is there such a big disclaimer/warning on the front? Shouldn’t the program just check that decompress(compress(x)) = x as it goes, and then it can be sure t

by joppy 4y ago

Why is there such a big disclaimer/warning on the front? Shouldn’t the program just check that decompress(compress(x)) = x as it goes, and then it can be sure that compress(x) has not lost any data?

palaiologos 4y ago
no compressor tests the output while compressing as it hurts the performance. you can do it after compressing, though, using `bzip3 -t`.
- joppy 4y ago
  Right, but I would probably test the output while compressing instead of putting a big USE AT YOUR OWN PERIL sign across the front…
  - cestith 4y ago
    It seems PRs are welcome. The author/maintainer may accept that as optional behavior with a command-line flag.