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< 11.5 Getting data from the buffer

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11.6 Destroying a compression buffer
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Once you don't need the buffer anymore, you can release resources. Note that the adresses returned by the getString function are no longer valid once the buffer has been destroyed.

C++ : TCODZip::~TCODZip()
C   : void TCOD_zip_delete(TCOD_zip_t zip)


ParameterDescription
zipIn the C version, the buffer handler, returned by the constructor.
Example : 

C++ : TCODZip *zip = new TCODZip();
      zip->loadFromFile("myCompressedFile.gz");
      char c=zip->getChar();
      int i=zip->getInt();
      float f= zip->getFloat();
      const char *s=strdup(zip->getString()); // we duplicate the string to be able to use it after the buffer deletion
      zip->getData(nbBytes, dataPtr);
      delete zip;
C   : TCOD_zip_t zip=TCOD_zip_new();
      TCOD_zip_load_from_file(zip,"myCompressedFile.gz");
      char c=TCOD_zip_get_char(zip);
      int i=TCOD_zip_get_int(zip);
      float f=TCOD_zip_get_float(zip);
      const char *s=strdup(TCOD_zip_get_string(zip));
      TCOD_zip_get_data(zip,nbBytes, dataPtr);
      TCOD_zip_delete(zip);

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