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Compress Structured Cache Output
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Compress Structured Cache Output

EasyPython

Problem

Compress the printed snapshot using a provided utility.

The judge provides a callable named compress that accepts the snapshot and returns its compressed representation. Implement compress_snapshot by passing the input to that utility and returning the result.

I/O Contract

  • Input: snapshot, a string containing the printed snapshot.
  • Output: the string returned by the provided compress utility.

Do not reimplement or modify the compression logic.

Constraints

  • 0 <= len(snapshot) <= 10^6
  • snapshot is a string
  • The provided compress utility accepts one string argument
  • The utility returns the required output string

Function Signature

def compress_snapshot(snapshot):
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