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+# Rust bindings for TurboPFor-Integer-Compression
+
+This is a wrapper for [TurboPFor Integer Compression](https://github.com/powturbo/TurboPFor-Integer-Compression).
+
+## Installation
+1- Prerequistes: build and install the TuroPFor library libic.a into /usr/local/lib  
+
+2 - Use the provided src/bindings.rs file or generate a new rust bindings.rs file.
+```shell
+cargo build
+```
+3 - Test 
+```shell
+cargo test
+```
+## Examples
+ - see the tests.rs file in the src folder
+ - a list of public functions are available in the bindings.rs file
+ 
+## Reference
+- [bindgen automatically generates Rust FFI bindings to C and C++ libraries.](https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-bindgen/)