--- !ruby/object:RDoc::RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: Compresses the given <tt>string</tt>. Valid values of level are <tt>Zlib::NO_COMPRESSION</tt>, <tt>Zlib::BEST_SPEED</tt>, <tt>Zlib::BEST_COMPRESSION</tt>, <tt>Zlib::DEFAULT_COMPRESSION</tt>, and an integer from 0 to 9.
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: "This method is almost equivalent to the following code:"
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::VERB 
  :body: "  def deflate(string, level)\n    z = Zlib::Deflate.new(level)\n    dst = z.deflate(string, Zlib::FINISH)\n    z.close\n    dst\n  end\n"
- !ruby/struct:RDoc::Markup::Flow::P 
  :body: "TODO: what's default value of <tt>level</tt>?"
full_name: Zlib::Deflate::deflate
is_singleton: true
name: deflate
params: " Zlib::Deflate.deflate(string[, level])\n"
visibility: public
