@@ -48,23 +48,23 @@ a variety of functions to provide zlib/gzip-compatible compression.
4848``python-isal `` provides the bindings by offering three modules:
4949
5050+ ``isal_zlib ``: A drop-in replacement for the zlib module that uses ISA-L to
51- accelerate its performance.
52- + ``igzip ``: A drop-in replacement for the gzip module that uses
53- `` isal_zlib `` instead of ``zlib `` to perform its compression
54- tasks, which improves performance.
51+ accelerate its performance.
52+ + ``igzip ``: A drop-in replacement for the gzip module that uses `` isal_zlib ``
53+ instead of ``zlib `` to perform its compression and checksum tasks, which
54+ improves performance.
5555+ ``igzip_lib ``: Provides compression functions which have full access to the
56- API of ISA-L's compression functions.
56+ API of ISA-L's compression functions.
5757
5858``isal_zlib `` and ``igzip `` are almost fully compatible with ``zlib `` and
5959``gzip `` from the Python standard library. There are some minor differences
60- which are listed below .
60+ see: :ref: ` differences ` .
6161
6262.. introduction end
6363
6464 Quickstart
6565----------
6666
67- .. usage start
67+ .. quickstart start
6868
6969 The python-isal modules can be imported as follows
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@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ application (just like ``python -m gzip``). Full usage documentation can be
8686found on `our readthedocs page <https://python-isal.readthedocs.io >`_.
8787
8888
89- .. usage end
89+ .. quickstart end
9090
9191 Installation
9292------------
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ Installation is supported on Linux, Windows and MacOS. For more advanced
9797installation options check the `documentation
9898<https://python-isal.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html#installation> `_.
9999
100+ .. _differences :
101+
100102Differences with zlib and gzip modules
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