# In-memory compressed `String`
If your application keeps many long strings in RAM, you can reduce its memory usage by compressing the strings.
Optionally, if `with_serde` feature is enabled, it can also be used to [serialize and deserialize](https://crates.rs/crates/serde) strings in binary formats in an already-compressed form.
```rust
use compressed_string::ComprString;
let raw = "It uses the deflate algorithm, which has a small header overhead, \
so it's suitable even for short-ish strings";
let compr = ComprString::new(raw);
assert_eq!(109, raw.len());
assert_eq!(84, compr.compressed_len());
println!("{}", compr);
let string = compr.to_string();
```