Compress all instructions (closes #19 github issue)

src/network/compressor.h

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+#ifndef COMPRESSOR_H
+#define COMPRESSOR_H
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace Network {
+  class Compressor {
+  private:
+    static const int BUFFER_SIZE = 2048 * 2048; /* effective limit on terminal size */
+
+    unsigned char *buffer;
+
+  public:
+    Compressor() : buffer( NULL ) { buffer = new unsigned char[ BUFFER_SIZE ]; }
+    ~Compressor() { if ( buffer ) { delete[] buffer; } }
+
+    std::string compress_str( const std::string input );
+    std::string uncompress_str( const std::string input );
+
+    /* unused */
+    Compressor( const Compressor & );
+    Compressor & operator=( const Compressor & );
+  };
+
+  Compressor & get_compressor( void );
+}
+
+#endif