Rebase the zlib sources to the 1.2.12 release

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Nick Clifton
2022-04-12 16:24:10 +01:00
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@@ -38,15 +38,15 @@ The Algorithm
The algorithm works by dividing the set of bytecodes [0..255] into three
categories:
- The white list of textual bytecodes:
- The allow list of textual bytecodes:
9 (TAB), 10 (LF), 13 (CR), 32 (SPACE) to 255.
- The gray list of tolerated bytecodes:
7 (BEL), 8 (BS), 11 (VT), 12 (FF), 26 (SUB), 27 (ESC).
- The black list of undesired, non-textual bytecodes:
- The block list of undesired, non-textual bytecodes:
0 (NUL) to 6, 14 to 31.
If a file contains at least one byte that belongs to the white list and
no byte that belongs to the black list, then the file is categorized as
If a file contains at least one byte that belongs to the allow list and
no byte that belongs to the block list, then the file is categorized as
plain text; otherwise, it is categorized as binary. (The boundary case,
when the file is empty, automatically falls into the latter category.)
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ consistent results, regardless what alphabet encoding is being used.
results on a text encoded, say, using ISO-8859-16 versus UTF-8.)
There is an extra category of plain text files that are "polluted" with
one or more black-listed codes, either by mistake or by peculiar design
one or more block-listed codes, either by mistake or by peculiar design
considerations. In such cases, a scheme that tolerates a small fraction
of black-listed codes would provide an increased recall (i.e. more true
of block-listed codes would provide an increased recall (i.e. more true
positives). This, however, incurs a reduced precision overall, since
false positives are more likely to appear in binary files that contain
large chunks of textual data. Furthermore, "polluted" plain text should