Zig 0.15.2 The standard compression machinery seems to be broken, as in the following program does not terminate: const std = @import("std"); const flate = std.compress.flate; pub fn main() !void { const cwd = std.fs.cwd(); var file = try cwd.createFile("my_file", .{}); defer file.clo…

I tried the solution merged in 0.16-dev.1859+212968c57 as well and it finally works too. I didn’t realize I needed to flush both the writer and the compression writer. ... var compress = try flate.Compress.init(writer, &c_buffer, .zlib, .level_2); var compress_writer = &compress.writer; _ = try co…

std.compress.flate.Compress nontermination

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snubydev January 3, 2026, 4:17pm 3

@jpsecher This backport solution works for me, so it might be worth trying as a workaround.