Compress all instructions (closes #19 github issue)

src/network/compressor.cc

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+#include <zlib.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include "compressor.h"
+
+using namespace Network;
+using namespace std;
+
+string Compressor::compress_str( const string input )
+{
+  size_t len = BUFFER_SIZE;
+  assert( Z_OK == compress( buffer, &len,
+			    reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char *>( input.data() ),
+			    input.size() ) );
+  return string( reinterpret_cast<char *>( buffer ), len );
+}
+
+string Compressor::uncompress_str( const string input )
+{
+  size_t len = BUFFER_SIZE;
+  assert( Z_OK == uncompress( buffer, &len,
+			      reinterpret_cast<const unsigned char *>( input.data() ),
+			      input.size() ) );
+  return string( reinterpret_cast<char *>( buffer ), len );
+}
+
+/* construct on first use */
+Compressor & Network::get_compressor( void )
+{
+  static Compressor the_compressor;
+  return the_compressor;
+}