in reply to Re^2: Problems reading large gz files with IO::Uncompress::Gunzip
in thread Problems reading large gz files with IO::Uncompress::Gunzip

I think the biggest benefit is when you pair it with IO::Uncompress::AnyUncompress: At that point you can treat compressed and uncompressed files the same. A single open statement will open either, transparently.

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