go-lz4
======

go-lz4 is port of LZ4 lossless compression algorithm to Go. The original C code
is located at:

https://github.com/Cyan4973/lz4

Status
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[![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/bkaradzic/go-lz4?status.png)](https://godoc.org/github.com/bkaradzic/go-lz4)

Usage
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    go get github.com/bkaradzic/go-lz4

    import "github.com/bkaradzic/go-lz4"

The package name is `lz4`

Notes
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* go-lz4 saves a uint32 with the original uncompressed length at the beginning
  of the encoded buffer.  They may get in the way of interoperability with
  other implementations.

Contributors
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Damian Gryski ([@dgryski](https://github.com/dgryski))  
Dustin Sallings ([@dustin](https://github.com/dustin))

Contact
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[@bkaradzic](https://twitter.com/bkaradzic)  
http://www.stuckingeometry.com

Project page  
https://github.com/bkaradzic/go-lz4

License
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Copyright 2011-2012 Branimir Karadzic. All rights reserved.  
Copyright 2013 Damian Gryski. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

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