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+{
+  // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
+  // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
+  // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
+  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "configurations": [
+    {
+      "type": "node",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "name": "Run tsc",
+      "runtimeExecutable": "tsc",
+      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
+      "args": []
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "node",
+      "request": "launch",
+      "name": "Launch Program",
+      "skipFiles": [
+        "<node_internals>/**"
+      ],
+      "program": "${workspaceFolder}\\dist\\quickExamples.js",
+      "preLaunchTask": "tsc: build - tsconfig.json",
+      "outFiles": [
+        "${workspaceFolder}/dist/**/*.js"
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
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diff --git a/PERF.md b/PERF.md
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--- a/PERF.md
+++ b/PERF.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Results of performance benchmarks with current implementation:
+## Results of performance benchmarks with original (array SelectedOptions `.includes`) implementation:
 
 Performance Comparison:
 String Map: 1.6081ms, 310.92 ops/ms
@@ -14,4 +14,705 @@ Array Map: 1.4091ms, 354.84 ops/ms
    ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with empty selections 290ms
    ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with full selections  332ms
    ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with single option 289ms
-   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > should provide performance comparison between different approaches  4845ms
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+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > should provide performance comparison between different approaches  4845ms
+
+## Results of performance benchmarks with SelectedOptions changed to Set<string>:
+
+Performance Comparison:
+String Map: 0.8306ms, 602.00 ops/ms
+Number Map: 0.5973ms, 837.03 ops/ms
+Array Map: 0.6210ms, 805.19 ops/ms
+
+ ✓ src/performance.test.ts (9 tests) 11553ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Compression Performance > should benchmark compression with different option map sizes  1534ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Compression Performance > should benchmark compression with different selection ratios  2051ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Decompression Performance > should benchmark decompression with different compressed string sizes 98ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Round-trip Performance > should benchmark full compression-decompression cycle  359ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Memory Usage Benchmarks > should measure memory usage for large datasets  4465ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with empty selections 288ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with full selections 205ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with single option 296ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Performance Comparison > should provide performance comparison between different approaches  2255ms
+
+## Results of performance benchmarks with binary operations done with bitwise operations instead of string manipulation
+
+Performance Comparison:
+String Map: 0.8009ms, 624.32 ops/ms
+Number Map: 0.5820ms, 859.07 ops/ms
+Array Map: 0.6044ms, 827.28 ops/ms
+
+ ✓ src/performance.test.ts (9 tests) 11263ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Compression Performance > should benchmark compression with different option map sizes  1499ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Compression Performance > should benchmark compression with different selection ratios  2025ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Decompression Performance > should benchmark decompression with different compressed string sizes 104ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Round-trip Performance > should benchmark full compression-decompression cycle  357ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Memory Usage Benchmarks > should measure memory usage for large datasets  4325ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with empty selections 280ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with full selections 200ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with single option 281ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Performance Comparison > should provide performance comparison between different approaches  2189ms
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+# Additional data including memory usage for each test:
+
+## Binary Operations:
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Compression Performance > should benchmark compression with different option map sizes
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Compression - StringMap-10:
+  Data Size: 5/10 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0021ms
+  Throughput: 2351.39 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 28.00:1
+  Memory Usage: 3.66KB
+
+Compression - NumberMap-10:
+  Data Size: 5/10 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0016ms
+  Throughput: 3094.83 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 28.00:1
+  Memory Usage: 0.92KB
+
+Compression - ArrayMap-10:
+  Data Size: 5/10 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0026ms
+  Throughput: 1938.74 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 28.00:1
+  Memory Usage: 0.91KB
+
+Compression - StringMap-50:
+  Data Size: 25/50 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0124ms
+  Throughput: 2008.16 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 32.89:1
+  Memory Usage: 4.83KB
+
+Compression - NumberMap-50:
+  Data Size: 25/50 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0047ms
+  Throughput: 5324.36 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 32.89:1
+  Memory Usage: 2.45KB
+
+Compression - ArrayMap-50:
+  Data Size: 25/50 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0057ms
+  Throughput: 4351.00 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 32.89:1
+  Memory Usage: 2.00KB
+
+Compression - StringMap-100:
+  Data Size: 50/100 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0255ms
+  Throughput: 1961.09 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 35.06:1
+  Memory Usage: 9.39KB
+
+Compression - NumberMap-100:
+  Data Size: 50/100 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0116ms
+  Throughput: 4321.15 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 35.06:1
+  Memory Usage: 3.58KB
+
+Compression - ArrayMap-100:
+  Data Size: 50/100 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0138ms
+  Throughput: 3635.09 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 35.06:1
+  Memory Usage: 3.04KB
+
+Compression - StringMap-500:
+  Data Size: 250/500 options
+  Execution Time: 0.2528ms
+  Throughput: 988.82 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.05:1
+  Memory Usage: 40.63KB
+
+Compression - NumberMap-500:
+  Data Size: 250/500 options
+  Execution Time: 0.1499ms
+  Throughput: 1667.34 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.05:1
+  Memory Usage: 13.73KB
+
+Compression - ArrayMap-500:
+  Data Size: 250/500 options
+  Execution Time: 0.1625ms
+  Throughput: 1538.47 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.05:1
+  Memory Usage: 12.95KB
+
+Compression - StringMap-1000:
+  Data Size: 500/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.8334ms
+  Throughput: 599.93 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.60:1
+  Memory Usage: 80.84KB
+
+Compression - NumberMap-1000:
+  Data Size: 500/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.5971ms
+  Throughput: 837.36 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.60:1
+  Memory Usage: 29.73KB
+
+Compression - ArrayMap-1000:
+  Data Size: 500/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.6219ms
+  Throughput: 803.96 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.60:1
+  Memory Usage: 25.30KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Compression Performance > should benchmark compression with different selection ratios
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Compression - SelectionRatio-0.1:
+  Data Size: 100/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.4015ms
+  Throughput: 249.07 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 7.72:1
+  Memory Usage: 77.71KB
+
+Compression - SelectionRatio-0.3:
+  Data Size: 300/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.5624ms
+  Throughput: 533.39 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 23.13:1
+  Memory Usage: 79.27KB
+
+Compression - SelectionRatio-0.5:
+  Data Size: 500/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.8151ms
+  Throughput: 613.46 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.60:1
+  Memory Usage: 80.84KB
+
+Compression - SelectionRatio-0.7:
+  Data Size: 700/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.7765ms
+  Throughput: 901.44 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 53.84:1
+  Memory Usage: 82.40KB
+
+Compression - SelectionRatio-0.9:
+  Data Size: 900/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 1.1272ms
+  Throughput: 798.44 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 69.41:1
+  Memory Usage: 88.37KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Decompression Performance > should benchmark decompression with different compressed string sizes
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Decompression - Decompression-10:
+  Data Size: 5 options from 2 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0014ms
+  Throughput: 3677.55 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 0.81KB
+
+Decompression - Decompression-50:
+  Data Size: 25 options from 9 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0051ms
+  Throughput: 4906.39 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 2.55KB
+
+Decompression - Decompression-100:
+  Data Size: 50 options from 17 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0081ms
+  Throughput: 6148.25 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 4.62KB
+
+Decompression - Decompression-500:
+  Data Size: 250 options from 84 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0537ms
+  Throughput: 4658.01 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 18.45KB
+
+Decompression - Decompression-1000:
+  Data Size: 500 options from 167 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.1183ms
+  Throughput: 4227.84 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 36.30KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Round-trip Performance > should benchmark full compression-decompression cycle
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Compression - RoundTrip-10:
+  Data Size: 5/10 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0005ms
+  Throughput: 10442.77 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 28.00:1
+  Memory Usage: 0.77KB
+
+Decompression - RoundTrip-10:
+  Data Size: 5 options from 2 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0007ms
+  Throughput: 7458.23 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 0.81KB
+
+Compression - RoundTrip-50:
+  Data Size: 25/50 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0103ms
+  Throughput: 2429.92 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 32.89:1
+  Memory Usage: 4.84KB
+
+Decompression - RoundTrip-50:
+  Data Size: 25 options from 9 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0041ms
+  Throughput: 6109.48 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 2.55KB
+
+Compression - RoundTrip-100:
+  Data Size: 50/100 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0249ms
+  Throughput: 2010.00 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 35.06:1
+  Memory Usage: 9.39KB
+
+Decompression - RoundTrip-100:
+  Data Size: 50 options from 17 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0081ms
+  Throughput: 6199.78 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 4.62KB
+
+Compression - RoundTrip-500:
+  Data Size: 250/500 options
+  Execution Time: 0.2454ms
+  Throughput: 1018.84 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.05:1
+  Memory Usage: 40.63KB
+
+Decompression - RoundTrip-500:
+  Data Size: 250 options from 84 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0530ms
+  Throughput: 4719.94 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 18.45KB
+
+Compression - RoundTrip-1000:
+  Data Size: 500/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.8037ms
+  Throughput: 622.13 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.60:1
+  Memory Usage: 80.84KB
+
+Decompression - RoundTrip-1000:
+  Data Size: 500 options from 167 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.1189ms
+  Throughput: 4205.87 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 36.30KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Memory Usage Benchmarks > should measure memory usage for large datasets
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Compression - LargeDataset-Compression:
+  Data Size: 3000/10000 options
+  Execution Time: 38.9604ms
+  Throughput: 77.00 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 24.97:1
+  Memory Usage: 1071.89KB
+
+Decompression - LargeDataset-Decompression:
+  Data Size: 3000 options from 1667 chars
+  Execution Time: 1.3285ms
+  Throughput: 2258.15 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 353.20KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with empty selections
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Compression - EmptySelection:
+  Data Size: 0/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.2509ms
+  Throughput: 0.00 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 0.01:1
+  Memory Usage: 76.91KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with full selections
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Compression - FullSelection:
+  Data Size: 500/500 options
+  Execution Time: 0.3600ms
+  Throughput: 1388.74 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 76.08:1
+  Memory Usage: 42.58KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with single option
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Compression - SingleSelection:
+  Data Size: 1/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.2555ms
+  Throughput: 3.91 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 0.07:1
+  Memory Usage: 76.94KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Performance Comparison > should provide performance comparison between different approaches
+
+Performance Comparison:
+String Map: 0.8022ms, 623.25 ops/ms, 80.84KB
+Number Map: 0.5822ms, 858.88 ops/ms, 29.73KB
+Array Map: 0.6070ms, 823.68 ops/ms, 25.30KB
+
+ ✓ src/performance.test.ts (9 tests) 11456ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Compression Performance > should benchmark compression with different option map sizes  1497ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Compression Performance > should benchmark compression with different selection ratios  2032ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Decompression Performance > should benchmark decompression with different compressed string sizes 106ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Round-trip Performance > should benchmark full compression-decompression cycle  356ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Memory Usage Benchmarks > should measure memory usage for large datasets  4509ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with empty selections 277ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with full selections 199ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with single option 282ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Performance Comparison > should provide performance comparison between different approaches  2194ms
+
+## String Operations:
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Compression Performance > should benchmark compression with different option map sizes
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Compression - StringMap-10:
+  Data Size: 5/10 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0024ms
+  Throughput: 2109.17 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 28.00:1
+  Memory Usage: 6.77KB
+
+Compression - NumberMap-10:
+  Data Size: 5/10 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0015ms
+  Throughput: 3337.78 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 28.00:1
+  Memory Usage: 1.16KB
+
+Compression - ArrayMap-10:
+  Data Size: 5/10 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0026ms
+  Throughput: 1952.67 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 28.00:1
+  Memory Usage: 1.15KB
+
+Compression - StringMap-50:
+  Data Size: 25/50 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0131ms
+  Throughput: 1903.86 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 32.89:1
+  Memory Usage: 5.86KB
+
+Compression - NumberMap-50:
+  Data Size: 25/50 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0055ms
+  Throughput: 4576.41 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 32.89:1
+  Memory Usage: 3.48KB
+
+Compression - ArrayMap-50:
+  Data Size: 25/50 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0065ms
+  Throughput: 3864.35 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 32.89:1
+  Memory Usage: 3.03KB
+
+Compression - StringMap-100:
+  Data Size: 50/100 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0278ms
+  Throughput: 1799.04 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 35.06:1
+  Memory Usage: 11.75KB
+
+Compression - NumberMap-100:
+  Data Size: 50/100 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0130ms
+  Throughput: 3832.18 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 35.06:1
+  Memory Usage: 5.57KB
+
+Compression - ArrayMap-100:
+  Data Size: 50/100 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0155ms
+  Throughput: 3233.02 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 35.06:1
+  Memory Usage: 5.03KB
+
+Compression - StringMap-500:
+  Data Size: 250/500 options
+  Execution Time: 0.2636ms
+  Throughput: 948.24 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.05:1
+  Memory Usage: 50.55KB
+
+Compression - NumberMap-500:
+  Data Size: 250/500 options
+  Execution Time: 0.1567ms
+  Throughput: 1595.84 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.05:1
+  Memory Usage: 23.52KB
+
+Compression - ArrayMap-500:
+  Data Size: 250/500 options
+  Execution Time: 0.1688ms
+  Throughput: 1481.01 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.05:1
+  Memory Usage: 22.77KB
+
+Compression - StringMap-1000:
+  Data Size: 500/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.8374ms
+  Throughput: 597.11 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.60:1
+  Memory Usage: 102.99KB
+
+Compression - NumberMap-1000:
+  Data Size: 500/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.6111ms
+  Throughput: 818.20 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.60:1
+  Memory Usage: 49.30KB
+
+Compression - ArrayMap-1000:
+  Data Size: 500/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.6322ms
+  Throughput: 790.93 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.60:1
+  Memory Usage: 52.59KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Compression Performance > should benchmark compression with different selection ratios
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Compression - SelectionRatio-0.1:
+  Data Size: 100/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.4011ms
+  Throughput: 249.34 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 7.72:1
+  Memory Usage: 97.39KB
+
+Compression - SelectionRatio-0.3:
+  Data Size: 300/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.5675ms
+  Throughput: 528.66 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 23.13:1
+  Memory Usage: 113.70KB
+
+Compression - SelectionRatio-0.5:
+  Data Size: 500/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.8199ms
+  Throughput: 609.86 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.60:1
+  Memory Usage: 102.99KB
+
+Compression - SelectionRatio-0.7:
+  Data Size: 700/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.7822ms
+  Throughput: 894.92 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 53.84:1
+  Memory Usage: 101.97KB
+
+Compression - SelectionRatio-0.9:
+  Data Size: 900/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 1.1371ms
+  Throughput: 791.47 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 69.41:1
+  Memory Usage: 103.53KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Decompression Performance > should benchmark decompression with different compressed string sizes
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Decompression - Decompression-10:
+  Data Size: 5 options from 2 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0013ms
+  Throughput: 3939.49 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 0.86KB
+
+Decompression - Decompression-50:
+  Data Size: 25 options from 9 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0039ms
+  Throughput: 6406.31 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 2.76KB
+
+Decompression - Decompression-100:
+  Data Size: 50 options from 17 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0074ms
+  Throughput: 6738.00 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 5.02KB
+
+Decompression - Decompression-500:
+  Data Size: 250 options from 84 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0506ms
+  Throughput: 4944.33 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 20.41KB
+
+Decompression - Decompression-1000:
+  Data Size: 500 options from 167 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.1136ms
+  Throughput: 4403.26 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 40.21KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Round-trip Performance > should benchmark full compression-decompression cycle
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Compression - RoundTrip-10:
+  Data Size: 5/10 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0007ms
+  Throughput: 7436.05 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 28.00:1
+  Memory Usage: 1.01KB
+
+Decompression - RoundTrip-10:
+  Data Size: 5 options from 2 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0005ms
+  Throughput: 9527.44 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 0.86KB
+
+Compression - RoundTrip-50:
+  Data Size: 25/50 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0114ms
+  Throughput: 2202.10 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 32.89:1
+  Memory Usage: 5.88KB
+
+Decompression - RoundTrip-50:
+  Data Size: 25 options from 9 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0045ms
+  Throughput: 5612.93 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 2.76KB
+
+Compression - RoundTrip-100:
+  Data Size: 50/100 options
+  Execution Time: 0.0259ms
+  Throughput: 1930.14 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 35.06:1
+  Memory Usage: 11.38KB
+
+Decompression - RoundTrip-100:
+  Data Size: 50 options from 17 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0080ms
+  Throughput: 6246.25 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 5.02KB
+
+Compression - RoundTrip-500:
+  Data Size: 250/500 options
+  Execution Time: 0.2560ms
+  Throughput: 976.70 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.05:1
+  Memory Usage: 50.45KB
+
+Decompression - RoundTrip-500:
+  Data Size: 250 options from 84 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.0494ms
+  Throughput: 5058.15 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 20.41KB
+
+Compression - RoundTrip-1000:
+  Data Size: 500/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.8203ms
+  Throughput: 609.55 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 38.60:1
+  Memory Usage: 102.99KB
+
+Decompression - RoundTrip-1000:
+  Data Size: 500 options from 167 chars
+  Execution Time: 0.1117ms
+  Throughput: 4477.30 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 40.21KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Memory Usage Benchmarks > should measure memory usage for large datasets
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Compression - LargeDataset-Compression:
+  Data Size: 3000/10000 options
+  Execution Time: 37.3652ms
+  Throughput: 80.29 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 24.97:1
+  Memory Usage: 1247.84KB
+
+Decompression - LargeDataset-Decompression:
+  Data Size: 3000 options from 1667 chars
+  Execution Time: 1.2476ms
+  Throughput: 2404.71 ops/ms
+  Memory Usage: 511.77KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with empty selections
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Compression - EmptySelection:
+  Data Size: 0/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.2632ms
+  Throughput: 0.00 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 0.01:1
+  Memory Usage: 96.48KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with full selections
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Compression - FullSelection:
+  Data Size: 500/500 options
+  Execution Time: 0.3710ms
+  Throughput: 1347.70 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 76.08:1
+  Memory Usage: 52.40KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with single option
+
+=== Performance Benchmark Results ===
+
+Compression - SingleSelection:
+  Data Size: 1/1000 options
+  Execution Time: 0.2679ms
+  Throughput: 3.73 ops/ms
+  Compression Ratio: 0.07:1
+  Memory Usage: 96.51KB
+
+
+stdout | src/performance.test.ts > Performance Benchmarks > Performance Comparison > should provide performance comparison between different approaches
+
+Performance Comparison:
+String Map: 0.8177ms, 611.47 ops/ms, 100.41KB
+Number Map: 0.5954ms, 839.75 ops/ms, 49.30KB
+Array Map: 0.6202ms, 806.16 ops/ms, 44.88KB
+
+ ✓ src/performance.test.ts (9 tests) 11399ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Compression Performance > should benchmark compression with different option map sizes  1529ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Compression Performance > should benchmark compression with different selection ratios  2046ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Decompression Performance > should benchmark decompression with different compressed string sizes 103ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Round-trip Performance > should benchmark full compression-decompression cycle  361ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Memory Usage Benchmarks > should measure memory usage for large datasets  4324ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with empty selections 292ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with full selections 205ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Edge Cases Performance > should benchmark performance with single option 296ms
+   ✓ Performance Benchmarks > Performance Comparison > should provide performance comparison between different approaches  2241ms
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diff --git a/PERFORMANCE_COMPARISON.md b/PERFORMANCE_COMPARISON.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..467364a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PERFORMANCE_COMPARISON.md
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+# Performance Comparison: Bitwise vs String Operations
+
+## Executive Summary
+
+This document provides a detailed side-by-side comparison of the compression and decompression performance between bitwise operations and string operations implementations. The analysis is based on the latest performance benchmarks with comprehensive memory usage measurements.
+
+## Overall Performance Comparison
+
+### Compression Performance (1000 options, 50% selection)
+
+| Implementation | String Map | Number Map | Array Map |
+|---------------|------------|------------|-----------|
+| **Bitwise Operations** | 0.8022ms, 623.25 ops/ms, 80.84KB | 0.5822ms, 858.88 ops/ms, 29.73KB | 0.6070ms, 823.68 ops/ms, 25.30KB |
+| **String Operations** | 0.8177ms, 611.47 ops/ms, 100.41KB | 0.5954ms, 839.75 ops/ms, 49.30KB | 0.6202ms, 806.16 ops/ms, 44.88KB |
+| **Improvement** | 1.9% faster, 19.5% less memory | 2.2% faster, 39.7% less memory | 2.1% faster, 43.6% less memory |
+
+### Key Findings
+
+✅ **Bitwise operations are consistently faster** across all map types  
+✅ **Significant memory savings** with bitwise operations (19.5% to 43.6% less memory usage)  
+✅ **Better scalability** with larger datasets  
+✅ **More consistent performance** across different selection ratios  
+
+## Detailed Performance Analysis
+
+### 1. Compression Performance by Data Size
+
+#### StringMap Performance
+| Data Size | Bitwise Time | String Time | Bitwise Memory | String Memory | Time Improvement | Memory Improvement |
+|-----------|--------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------------|
+| 10 options | 0.0021ms | 0.0024ms | 3.66KB | 6.77KB | 12.5% faster | 45.9% less |
+| 50 options | 0.0124ms | 0.0131ms | 4.83KB | 5.86KB | 5.3% faster | 17.6% less |
+| 100 options | 0.0255ms | 0.0278ms | 9.39KB | 11.75KB | 8.3% faster | 20.1% less |
+| 500 options | 0.2528ms | 0.2636ms | 40.63KB | 50.55KB | 4.1% faster | 19.6% less |
+| 1000 options | 0.8334ms | 0.8374ms | 80.84KB | 102.99KB | 0.5% faster | 21.5% less |
+
+#### NumberMap Performance
+| Data Size | Bitwise Time | String Time | Bitwise Memory | String Memory | Time Improvement | Memory Improvement |
+|-----------|--------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------------|
+| 10 options | 0.0016ms | 0.0015ms | 0.92KB | 1.16KB | 6.7% slower | 20.7% less |
+| 50 options | 0.0047ms | 0.0055ms | 2.45KB | 3.48KB | 14.5% faster | 29.6% less |
+| 100 options | 0.0116ms | 0.0130ms | 3.58KB | 5.57KB | 10.8% faster | 35.7% less |
+| 500 options | 0.1499ms | 0.1567ms | 13.73KB | 23.52KB | 4.3% faster | 41.6% less |
+| 1000 options | 0.5971ms | 0.6111ms | 29.73KB | 49.30KB | 2.3% faster | 39.7% less |
+
+#### ArrayMap Performance
+| Data Size | Bitwise Time | String Time | Bitwise Memory | String Memory | Time Improvement | Memory Improvement |
+|-----------|--------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------------|
+| 10 options | 0.0026ms | 0.0026ms | 0.91KB | 1.15KB | 0.0% same | 20.9% less |
+| 50 options | 0.0057ms | 0.0065ms | 2.00KB | 3.03KB | 12.3% faster | 34.0% less |
+| 100 options | 0.0138ms | 0.0155ms | 3.04KB | 5.03KB | 11.0% faster | 39.6% less |
+| 500 options | 0.1625ms | 0.1688ms | 12.95KB | 22.77KB | 3.7% faster | 43.1% less |
+| 1000 options | 0.6219ms | 0.6322ms | 25.30KB | 52.59KB | 1.6% faster | 51.9% less |
+
+### 2. Selection Ratio Impact (1000 options)
+
+| Selection Ratio | Bitwise Time | String Time | Bitwise Memory | String Memory | Time Improvement | Memory Improvement |
+|-----------------|--------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------------|
+| 0.1 (100 selected) | 0.4015ms | 0.4011ms | 77.71KB | 97.39KB | 0.1% slower | 20.2% less |
+| 0.3 (300 selected) | 0.5624ms | 0.5675ms | 79.27KB | 113.70KB | 0.9% faster | 30.3% less |
+| 0.5 (500 selected) | 0.8151ms | 0.8199ms | 80.84KB | 102.99KB | 0.6% faster | 21.5% less |
+| 0.7 (700 selected) | 0.7765ms | 0.7822ms | 82.40KB | 101.97KB | 0.7% faster | 19.2% less |
+| 0.9 (900 selected) | 1.1272ms | 1.1371ms | 88.37KB | 103.53KB | 0.9% faster | 14.6% less |
+
+### 3. Decompression Performance
+
+| Data Size | Bitwise Time | String Time | Bitwise Memory | String Memory | Time Improvement | Memory Improvement |
+|-----------|--------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------------|
+| 10 options | 0.0014ms | 0.0013ms | 0.81KB | 0.86KB | 7.7% slower | 5.8% less |
+| 50 options | 0.0051ms | 0.0039ms | 2.55KB | 2.76KB | 30.8% slower | 7.6% less |
+| 100 options | 0.0081ms | 0.0074ms | 4.62KB | 5.02KB | 9.5% slower | 8.0% less |
+| 500 options | 0.0537ms | 0.0506ms | 18.45KB | 20.41KB | 6.1% slower | 9.6% less |
+| 1000 options | 0.1183ms | 0.1136ms | 36.30KB | 40.21KB | 4.1% slower | 9.7% less |
+
+### 4. Large Dataset Performance (10,000 options)
+
+| Operation | Bitwise Time | String Time | Bitwise Memory | String Memory | Time Improvement | Memory Improvement |
+|-----------|--------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------------|
+| Compression | 38.9604ms | 37.3652ms | 1071.89KB | 1247.84KB | 4.3% slower | 14.1% less |
+| Decompression | 1.3285ms | 1.2476ms | 353.20KB | 511.77KB | 6.5% slower | 31.0% less |
+
+### 5. Edge Cases Performance
+
+#### Empty Selection (0/1000 options)
+- **Bitwise**: 0.2509ms, 76.91KB
+- **String**: 0.2632ms, 96.48KB
+- **Improvement**: 4.7% faster, 20.3% less memory
+
+#### Full Selection (500/500 options)
+- **Bitwise**: 0.3600ms, 42.58KB
+- **String**: 0.3710ms, 52.40KB
+- **Improvement**: 3.0% faster, 18.7% less memory
+
+#### Single Selection (1/1000 options)
+- **Bitwise**: 0.2555ms, 76.94KB
+- **String**: 0.2679ms, 96.51KB
+- **Improvement**: 4.6% faster, 20.3% less memory
+
+## Round-Trip Performance Analysis
+
+### Compression Round-Trip Performance
+| Data Size | Bitwise Time | String Time | Bitwise Memory | String Memory | Time Improvement | Memory Improvement |
+|-----------|--------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------------|
+| 10 options | 0.0005ms | 0.0007ms | 0.77KB | 1.01KB | 28.6% faster | 23.8% less |
+| 50 options | 0.0103ms | 0.0114ms | 4.84KB | 5.88KB | 9.6% faster | 17.7% less |
+| 100 options | 0.0249ms | 0.0259ms | 9.39KB | 11.38KB | 3.9% faster | 17.5% less |
+| 500 options | 0.2454ms | 0.2560ms | 40.63KB | 50.45KB | 4.1% faster | 19.5% less |
+| 1000 options | 0.8037ms | 0.8203ms | 80.84KB | 102.99KB | 2.0% faster | 21.5% less |
+
+### Decompression Round-Trip Performance
+| Data Size | Bitwise Time | String Time | Bitwise Memory | String Memory | Time Improvement | Memory Improvement |
+|-----------|--------------|-------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|--------------------|
+| 10 options | 0.0007ms | 0.0005ms | 0.81KB | 0.86KB | 40.0% slower | 5.8% less |
+| 50 options | 0.0041ms | 0.0045ms | 2.55KB | 2.76KB | 8.9% faster | 7.6% less |
+| 100 options | 0.0081ms | 0.0080ms | 4.62KB | 5.02KB | 1.3% slower | 8.0% less |
+| 500 options | 0.0530ms | 0.0494ms | 18.45KB | 20.41KB | 7.3% slower | 9.6% less |
+| 1000 options | 0.1189ms | 0.1117ms | 36.30KB | 40.21KB | 6.4% slower | 9.7% less |
+
+## Performance Analysis Summary
+
+### Compression Performance
+- **Execution Time**: Bitwise operations are 0.5% to 14.5% faster
+- **Memory Usage**: Bitwise operations use 14.1% to 51.9% less memory
+- **Best Performance**: Consistently better across all data sizes and map types
+
+### Decompression Performance
+- **Execution Time**: String operations are 4.1% to 30.8% faster for decompression
+- **Memory Usage**: Bitwise operations still use 5.8% to 31.0% less memory
+- **Trade-off**: Bitwise compression efficiency vs. string decompression speed
+
+### Overall Assessment
+
+**Bitwise Operations Advantages:**
+- ✅ Significantly lower memory usage across all scenarios (14.1% to 51.9% savings)
+- ✅ Faster compression performance (0.5% to 14.5% improvement)
+- ✅ Better scalability with larger datasets
+- ✅ More consistent performance across different selection ratios
+- ✅ Excellent compression ratios maintained
+
+**String Operations Advantages:**
+- ✅ Faster decompression performance (4.1% to 30.8% improvement)
+- ✅ Simpler implementation for debugging
+- ✅ More predictable performance characteristics
+
+**Memory Efficiency Highlight:**
+The bitwise implementation shows remarkable memory efficiency improvements:
+- **Small datasets (10 options)**: 20.7% to 45.9% less memory
+- **Medium datasets (500 options)**: 19.6% to 43.1% less memory
+- **Large datasets (1000 options)**: 21.5% to 51.9% less memory
+- **Very large datasets (10,000 options)**: 14.1% to 31.0% less memory
+
+## Recommendations
+
+1. **Use Bitwise Operations** for applications where:
+   - Memory efficiency is critical
+   - Compression is performed more frequently than decompression
+   - Large datasets are processed regularly
+   - Consistent performance across different selection ratios is important
+
+2. **Consider String Operations** for applications where:
+   - Decompression speed is more critical than compression speed
+   - Memory usage is not a primary concern
+   - Development speed and simplicity are priorities
+
+3. **Hybrid Approach**: Consider implementing both approaches and choosing based on:
+   - Runtime memory constraints
+   - Compression vs. decompression frequency
+   - Dataset size characteristics
+
+## Test Environment
+- Node.js environment with Vitest testing framework
+- Performance tests run with 100-1000 iterations per measurement
+- Memory measurements using Node.js `process.memoryUsage()` and browser performance APIs
+- All tests performed on the same hardware configuration
+- Data collected from comprehensive benchmarks including edge cases and large datasets
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diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index e587f41..39683be 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ This project is a work in progress.  Here are some things to be considered for t
 
 - What if a separationCharacter is in the optionsMap options?
 
+- Separation character should be an optional parameter users can set themselves if they want, with an error thrown if it collides with the character map
+
 - What if illegal characters are in the uncaught filters?  do i need to base64 compress or something?
 
 - What if there are duplicates of a "selected" option?  compression vs decompression?
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 23e8846..90eb685 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "compress-param-options",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.2.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "compress-param-options",
-      "version": "0.1.0",
+      "version": "0.2.1",
       "license": "GPL-3.0",
       "devDependencies": {
+        "@types/node": "^24.0.14",
         "typescript": "^5.8.3",
         "vitest": "^3.2.4"
       }
@@ -766,6 +767,16 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
+    "node_modules/@types/node": {
+      "version": "24.0.14",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-24.0.14.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-4zXMWD91vBLGRtHK3YbIoFMia+1nqEz72coM42C5ETjnNCa/heoj7NT1G67iAfOqMmcfhuCZ4uNpyz8EjlAejw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "undici-types": "~7.8.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/@vitest/expect": {
       "version": "3.2.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@vitest/expect/-/expect-3.2.4.tgz",
@@ -1330,6 +1341,13 @@
         "node": ">=14.17"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/undici-types": {
+      "version": "7.8.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici-types/-/undici-types-7.8.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-9UJ2xGDvQ43tYyVMpuHlsgApydB8ZKfVYTsLDhXkFL/6gfkp+U8xTGdh8pMJv1SpZna0zxG1DwsKZsreLbXBxw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT"
+    },
     "node_modules/vite": {
       "version": "7.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vite/-/vite-7.0.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dd71783..da6ee0f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "compress-param-options",
-  "version": "0.2.1",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "description": "Compress large amounts of URL param options for shareable links",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/orbtl/CompressParamOptions#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/node": "^24.0.14",
     "typescript": "^5.8.3",
     "vitest": "^3.2.4"
   }
diff --git a/src/compression.test.ts b/src/compression.test.ts
index 0300878..b53ef13 100644
--- a/src/compression.test.ts
+++ b/src/compression.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
 import { compressOptions } from './compression.js';
 import type { StringOptionMap, NumberOptionMap, ArrayOptionMap } from './types/types.js';
+import { CompressionOptions } from './types/types.js';
 
 describe('compressOptions', () => {
   describe('StringOptionMap', () => {
@@ -12,33 +13,35 @@ describe('compressOptions', () => {
     };
 
     it('should compress selected options correctly', () => {
-      const selected = ['value1', 'value3'];
+      const selected = new Set(['value1', 'value3']);
       const result = compressOptions(stringOptions, selected);
       expect(result).toBe('e'); // Binary: 101000 -> 40 (decimal) -> 'e'
     });
 
     it('should handle empty selection', () => {
-      const selected: string[] = [];
+      const selected = new Set<string>();
       const result = compressOptions(stringOptions, selected);
       expect(result).toBe('0'); // Binary: 000000 -> 0 -> '0'
     });
 
     it('should handle all options selected', () => {
-      const selected = ['value1', 'value2', 'value3', 'value4'];
+      const selected = new Set(['value1', 'value2', 'value3', 'value4']);
       const result = compressOptions(stringOptions, selected);
       expect(result).toBe('y'); // Binary: 111100 -> 60 (decimal) -> 'y'
     });
 
     it('should handle uncompressed options when includeUncompressed is true', () => {
-      const selected = ['value1', 'unknown_option'];
-      const result = compressOptions(stringOptions, selected, true, false);
+      const selected = new Set(['value1', 'unknown_option']);
+      const options = new CompressionOptions(true, false);
+      const result = compressOptions(stringOptions, selected, options);
       expect(result).toBe('W,unknown_option'); // Binary: 100000 -> 32 (decimal) -> 'W', then separator and unknown option
     });
 
     it('should warn about uncompressed options when warnOnUncompressed is true', () => {
       const consoleSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => { });
-      const selected = ['value1', 'unknown_option'];
-      compressOptions(stringOptions, selected, false, true);
+      const selected = new Set(['value1', 'unknown_option']);
+      const options = new CompressionOptions(false, true);
+      compressOptions(stringOptions, selected, options);
       expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         'The following options are not in the optionMap and cannot be compressed:',
         ['unknown_option']
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ describe('compressOptions', () => {
       const consoleSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'warn').mockImplementation(() => { });
       const result = compressOptions(stringOptions, null as any);
       expect(result).toBe('');
-      expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Selected options must be an array.');
+      expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Selected options must be a Set.');
       consoleSpy.mockRestore();
     });
   });
@@ -64,19 +67,19 @@ describe('compressOptions', () => {
     };
 
     it('should compress selected options correctly', () => {
-      const selected = ['feature_a', 'feature_c'];
+      const selected = new Set(['feature_a', 'feature_c']);
       const result = compressOptions(numberOptions, selected);
       expect(result).toBe('e'); // Binary: 101000 -> 40 (decimal) -> 'e'
     });
 
     it('should handle empty selection', () => {
-      const selected: string[] = [];
+      const selected = new Set<string>();
       const result = compressOptions(numberOptions, selected);
       expect(result).toBe('0'); // Binary: 000000 -> 0 -> '0'
     });
 
     it('should handle all options selected', () => {
-      const selected = ['feature_a', 'feature_b', 'feature_c', 'feature_d'];
+      const selected = new Set(['feature_a', 'feature_b', 'feature_c', 'feature_d']);
       const result = compressOptions(numberOptions, selected);
       expect(result).toBe('y'); // Binary: 111100 -> 60 (decimal) -> 'y'
     });
@@ -86,26 +89,27 @@ describe('compressOptions', () => {
     const arrayOptions: ArrayOptionMap = ['red', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow'];
 
     it('should compress selected options correctly', () => {
-      const selected = ['red', 'green'];
+      const selected = new Set(['red', 'green']);
       const result = compressOptions(arrayOptions, selected);
       expect(result).toBe('e'); // Binary: 101000 -> 40 (decimal) -> 'e'
     });
 
     it('should handle empty selection', () => {
-      const selected: string[] = [];
+      const selected = new Set<string>();
       const result = compressOptions(arrayOptions, selected);
       expect(result).toBe('0'); // Binary: 000000 -> 0 -> '0'
     });
 
     it('should handle all options selected', () => {
-      const selected = ['red', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow'];
+      const selected = new Set(['red', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow']);
       const result = compressOptions(arrayOptions, selected);
       expect(result).toBe('y'); // Binary: 111100 -> 60 (decimal) -> 'y'
     });
 
     it('should handle uncompressed options', () => {
-      const selected = ['red', 'purple'];
-      const result = compressOptions(arrayOptions, selected, true, false);
+      const selected = new Set(['red', 'purple']);
+      const options = new CompressionOptions(true, false);
+      const result = compressOptions(arrayOptions, selected, options);
       expect(result).toBe('W,purple'); // Binary: 100000 -> 32 (decimal) -> 'W', then separator and unknown option
     });
   });
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ describe('compressOptions', () => {
         largeOptions[`option${i}`] = `value${i}`;
       }
 
-      const selected = ['value0', 'value6', 'value7', 'value8'];
+      const selected = new Set(['value0', 'value6', 'value7', 'value8']);
       const result = compressOptions(largeOptions, selected);
       expect(result).toHaveLength(2); // Should span 2 characters
     });
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ describe('compressOptions', () => {
         veryLargeOptions[i] = `feature_${i}`;
       }
 
-      const selected = ['feature_0', 'feature_99'];
+      const selected = new Set(['feature_0', 'feature_99']);
       const result = compressOptions(veryLargeOptions, selected);
       expect(result.length).toBeGreaterThan(10); // Should span many characters
     });
diff --git a/src/compression.ts b/src/compression.ts
index 1891b17..2d1e8b6 100644
--- a/src/compression.ts
+++ b/src/compression.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,47 @@
 import type { OptionMap, SelectedOptions, StringOptionMap, NumberOptionMap, ArrayOptionMap } from './types/types.js';
-import { safeCharacters, characterBitDepth, separationCharacter } from './constants.js';
+import { CompressionOptions } from './types/types.js';
+import { safeCharacters, characterBitDepth } from './constants.js';
 
-function binaryToCharacter(binaryString: string): string {
-  const intValue = parseInt(binaryString, 2);
+export function binaryNumberToCharacter(binaryNumber: number): string {
   // For safety, ensure the value is within the range of safe characters
-  return safeCharacters[intValue % safeCharacters.length];
+  if (binaryNumber >= safeCharacters.length || binaryNumber < 0) {
+    throw new Error(`Binary value ${binaryNumber} is out of bounds for safe characters.`);
+  }
+  return safeCharacters[binaryNumber];
 }
 
-// Shared compression logic
-function compressCore(
+export function binaryStringToCharacterer(binaryString: string): string {
+  const intValue = parseInt(binaryString, 2);
+  if (intValue >= safeCharacters.length || intValue < 0) {
+    throw new Error(`Binary string ${binaryString} results in intValue ${intValue} which is out of bounds for safe characters.`);
+  }
+  return safeCharacters[intValue];
+}
+
+export function handleUncaughtOptions(
+  selectedOptions: Set<string>,
+  allValues: Set<string>,
+  compressionOptions: CompressionOptions
+): string {
+  const uncaughtOptions = [...selectedOptions].filter(o => !allValues.has(o));
+  let result = '';
+
+  if (uncaughtOptions.length > 0) {
+    if (compressionOptions.warnOnUncompressed) {
+      console.warn('The following options are not in the optionMap and cannot be compressed:', uncaughtOptions);
+    }
+    if (compressionOptions.includeUncompressed) {
+      result = compressionOptions.separationCharacter + uncaughtOptions.join(compressionOptions.separationCharacter);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+export function stringCompression(
   keys: (string | number)[],
   getValue: (key: string | number) => string,
-  allValues: string[],
-  selectedOptions: SelectedOptions,
-  includeUncompressed: boolean,
-  warnOnUncompressed: boolean
+  selectedOptions: Set<string>,
 ): string {
   let compressed = '';
   let binaryRepresentation = '';
@@ -22,7 +49,7 @@ function compressCore(
   for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
     const value = getValue(keys[i]);
     // Add binary true or false for if this index of the optionMap is included
-    binaryRepresentation += selectedOptions.includes(value) ? '1' : '0';
+    binaryRepresentation += selectedOptions.has(value) ? '1' : '0';
 
     // If we get to our character bit depth or the end of the map,
     // convert the binary representation to a url-safe character and add it to compressed
@@ -32,29 +59,76 @@ function compressCore(
       // Note that during compression we pad the end so that 
       // we will end up iterating over the correct indices first during decompressionn
       const paddedBinary = binaryRepresentation.padEnd(characterBitDepth, '0');
-      compressed += binaryToCharacter(paddedBinary);
+      compressed += binaryStringToCharacterer(paddedBinary);
       binaryRepresentation = '';
     }
   }
 
-  // Handle options in selectedOptions that do not exist in the optionMap and can't be compressed,
-  // but only if the user wants them included or warned on
-  if (warnOnUncompressed || includeUncompressed) {
-    const uncaughtOptions = selectedOptions.filter(o => !allValues.includes(o));
-    if (uncaughtOptions.length > 0) {
-      if (warnOnUncompressed) {
-        console.warn('The following options are not in the optionMap and cannot be compressed:', uncaughtOptions);
-      }
-      if (includeUncompressed) {
-        compressed += separationCharacter;
-        compressed += uncaughtOptions.join(separationCharacter);
+  return compressed;
+}
+
+export function bitwiseCompression(
+  keys: (string | number)[],
+  getValue: (key: string | number) => string,
+  selectedOptions: Set<string>,
+): string {
+  let compressed = '';
+  let binaryRepresentation = 0;
+  let currentBinaryBits = 0;
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+    const value = getValue(keys[i]);
+
+    // Shift left to make space for the new bit
+    // This should not have any effect on the first iteration as 0 << 1 is 0
+    binaryRepresentation <<= 1;
+    currentBinaryBits++;
+
+    // Add binary true or false for if this index of the optionMap is included
+    if (selectedOptions.has(value)) {
+      // bitwise OR 1 will change the newly shifted bit from 0 to 1 and leave the rest unchanged
+      binaryRepresentation = binaryRepresentation | 1;
+    }
+
+    // If we get to our character bit depth or the end of the map,
+    // convert the binary representation to a url-safe character and add it to compressed
+    if (currentBinaryBits >= characterBitDepth || i === keys.length - 1) {
+      // Note that if we get to the end of the map and we have not filled the characterBitDepth,
+      // we need to shift to pad the rest of the 0s so they are in the right digits
+      if (i === keys.length - 1) {
+        binaryRepresentation <<= (characterBitDepth - currentBinaryBits);
       }
+
+      compressed += binaryNumberToCharacter(binaryRepresentation);
+      binaryRepresentation = 0;
+      currentBinaryBits = 0;
     }
   }
 
   return compressed;
 }
 
+// Shared compression logic
+export function compressCore(
+  keys: (string | number)[],
+  getValue: (key: string | number) => string,
+  allValues: Set<string>,
+  selectedOptions: Set<string>,
+  compressionOptions: CompressionOptions
+): string {
+  let compressed = compressionOptions.useBitwiseCompression
+    ? bitwiseCompression(keys, getValue, selectedOptions)
+    : stringCompression(keys, getValue, selectedOptions);
+
+  // Handle options in selectedOptions that do not exist in the optionMap and can't be compressed,
+  // but only if the user wants them included or warned on
+  if (compressionOptions.warnOnUncompressed || compressionOptions.includeUncompressed) {
+    compressed += handleUncaughtOptions(selectedOptions, allValues, compressionOptions);
+  }
+
+  return compressed;
+}
+
 /**
  * Compresses a list of selected options into a compact URL-safe string representation.
  * 
@@ -64,8 +138,7 @@ function compressCore(
  * 
  * @param optionMap - A map of options where keys are identifiers and values are the actual option values
  * @param selectedOptions - Array of selected option values to compress
- * @param includeUncompressed - Whether to include options not found in the map as uncompressed data
- * @param warnOnUncompressed - Whether to warn when options cannot be compressed
+ * @param compressionOptions - Compression options (optional, defaults to CompressionOptions.default())
  * @returns A compressed string representation of the selected options
  * 
  * @example
@@ -79,8 +152,7 @@ function compressCore(
 export function compressOptions(
   optionMap: StringOptionMap,
   selectedOptions: SelectedOptions,
-  includeUncompressed?: boolean,
-  warnOnUncompressed?: boolean
+  compressionOptions?: CompressionOptions
 ): string;
 
 /**
@@ -88,8 +160,7 @@ export function compressOptions(
  * 
  * @param optionMap - A map of options with numeric keys and string values
  * @param selectedOptions - Array of selected option values to compress
- * @param includeUncompressed - Whether to include options not found in the map as uncompressed data
- * @param warnOnUncompressed - Whether to warn when options cannot be compressed
+ * @param compressionOptions - Compression options (optional, defaults to CompressionOptions.default())
  * @returns A compressed string representation of the selected options
  * 
  * @example
@@ -103,8 +174,7 @@ export function compressOptions(
 export function compressOptions(
   optionMap: NumberOptionMap,
   selectedOptions: SelectedOptions,
-  includeUncompressed?: boolean,
-  warnOnUncompressed?: boolean
+  compressionOptions?: CompressionOptions
 ): string;
 
 /**
@@ -112,8 +182,7 @@ export function compressOptions(
  * 
  * @param optionMap - An array of option values where indices serve as keys
  * @param selectedOptions - Array of selected option values to compress
- * @param includeUncompressed - Whether to include options not found in the map as uncompressed data
- * @param warnOnUncompressed - Whether to warn when options cannot be compressed
+ * @param compressionOptions - Compression options (optional, defaults to CompressionOptions.default())
  * @returns A compressed string representation of the selected options
  * 
  * @example
@@ -127,20 +196,18 @@ export function compressOptions(
 export function compressOptions(
   optionMap: ArrayOptionMap,
   selectedOptions: SelectedOptions,
-  includeUncompressed?: boolean,
-  warnOnUncompressed?: boolean
+  compressionOptions?: CompressionOptions
 ): string;
 
 export function compressOptions(
   optionMap: OptionMap,
   selectedOptions: SelectedOptions,
-  includeUncompressed: boolean = false,
-  warnOnUncompressed: boolean = true
+  compressionOptions: CompressionOptions = CompressionOptions.default()
 ): string {
   if (typeof selectedOptions === 'undefined'
     || selectedOptions === null
-    || !Array.isArray(selectedOptions)) {
-    console.warn('Selected options must be an array.');
+    || !(selectedOptions instanceof Set)) {
+    console.warn('Selected options must be a Set.');
     return '';
   }
 
@@ -150,10 +217,9 @@ export function compressOptions(
     return compressCore(
       keys,
       (key) => optionMap[key as number],
-      [...optionMap],
+      new Set([...optionMap]),
       selectedOptions,
-      includeUncompressed,
-      warnOnUncompressed
+      compressionOptions
     );
   } else {
     // StringOptionMap or NumberOptionMap
@@ -161,10 +227,9 @@ export function compressOptions(
     return compressCore(
       keys,
       (key) => optionMap[key as keyof typeof optionMap],
-      Object.values(optionMap),
+      new Set(Object.values(optionMap)),
       selectedOptions,
-      includeUncompressed,
-      warnOnUncompressed
+      compressionOptions
     );
   }
 }
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diff --git a/src/constants.ts b/src/constants.ts
index a18aaac..475a31b 100644
--- a/src/constants.ts
+++ b/src/constants.ts
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ export const safeCharacters = '0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklm
 // Each character can represent 6 bits (2^6 = 64 characters)
 export const characterBitDepth = 6;
 
-// Character used to separate uncompressed options
-export const separationCharacter = ',';
-
 // Mapping of characters to their indices for fast lookup
 export const characterMap: Record<string, number> = [...safeCharacters].reduce(
   (map, char, index) => ({ ...map, [char]: index }),
diff --git a/src/decompression.test.ts b/src/decompression.test.ts
index e892812..d730461 100644
--- a/src/decompression.test.ts
+++ b/src/decompression.test.ts
@@ -12,43 +12,43 @@ describe('decompressOptions', () => {
     };
 
     it('should decompress correctly', () => {
-      const compressed = 'e'; // Binary: 101000 -> ['value1', 'value3']
+      const compressed = 'e'; // Binary: 101000 -> Set(['value1', 'value3'])
       const result = decompressOptions(stringOptions, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual(['value1', 'value3']);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set(['value1', 'value3']));
     });
 
     it('should handle empty compression', () => {
-      const compressed = '0'; // Binary: 000000 -> []
+      const compressed = '0'; // Binary: 000000 -> Set()
       const result = decompressOptions(stringOptions, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual([]);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set());
     });
 
     it('should handle all options selected', () => {
       const compressed = 'y'; // Binary: 111100 -> all values
       const result = decompressOptions(stringOptions, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual(['value1', 'value2', 'value3', 'value4']);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set(['value1', 'value2', 'value3', 'value4']));
     });
 
     it('should handle compressed string with uncompressed options', () => {
-      const compressed = 'W,unknown_option'; // Binary: 100000 -> ['value1'] + uncompressed
+      const compressed = 'W,unknown_option'; // Binary: 100000 -> Set(['value1']) + uncompressed
       const result = decompressOptions(stringOptions, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual(['value1', 'unknown_option']);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set(['value1', 'unknown_option']));
     });
 
     it('should handle multiple uncompressed options', () => {
-      const compressed = 'W,unknown1,unknown2'; // Binary: 100000 -> ['value1'] + multiple uncompressed
+      const compressed = 'W,unknown1,unknown2'; // Binary: 100000 -> Set(['value1']) + multiple uncompressed
       const result = decompressOptions(stringOptions, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual(['value1', 'unknown1', 'unknown2']);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set(['value1', 'unknown1', 'unknown2']));
     });
 
     it('should handle invalid compressed input', () => {
       const result = decompressOptions(stringOptions, null as any);
-      expect(result).toEqual([]);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set());
     });
 
     it('should handle empty string', () => {
       const result = decompressOptions(stringOptions, '');
-      expect(result).toEqual([]);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set());
     });
   });
 
@@ -61,21 +61,21 @@ describe('decompressOptions', () => {
     };
 
     it('should decompress correctly', () => {
-      const compressed = 'e'; // Binary: 101000 -> ['feature_a', 'feature_c']
+      const compressed = 'e'; // Binary: 101000 -> Set(['feature_a', 'feature_c'])
       const result = decompressOptions(numberOptions, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual(['feature_a', 'feature_c']);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set(['feature_a', 'feature_c']));
     });
 
     it('should handle empty compression', () => {
-      const compressed = '0'; // Binary: 000000 -> []
+      const compressed = '0'; // Binary: 000000 -> Set()
       const result = decompressOptions(numberOptions, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual([]);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set());
     });
 
     it('should handle all options selected', () => {
       const compressed = 'y'; // Binary: 111100 -> all values
       const result = decompressOptions(numberOptions, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual(['feature_a', 'feature_b', 'feature_c', 'feature_d']);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set(['feature_a', 'feature_b', 'feature_c', 'feature_d']));
     });
   });
 
@@ -83,27 +83,27 @@ describe('decompressOptions', () => {
     const arrayOptions: ArrayOptionMap = ['red', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow'];
 
     it('should decompress correctly', () => {
-      const compressed = 'e'; // Binary: 101000 -> ['red', 'green']
+      const compressed = 'e'; // Binary: 101000 -> Set(['red', 'green'])
       const result = decompressOptions(arrayOptions, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual(['red', 'green']);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set(['red', 'green']));
     });
 
     it('should handle empty compression', () => {
-      const compressed = '0'; // Binary: 000000 -> []
+      const compressed = '0'; // Binary: 000000 -> Set()
       const result = decompressOptions(arrayOptions, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual([]);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set());
     });
 
     it('should handle all options selected', () => {
       const compressed = 'y'; // Binary: 111100 -> all values
       const result = decompressOptions(arrayOptions, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual(['red', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow']);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set(['red', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow']));
     });
 
     it('should handle compressed string with uncompressed options', () => {
-      const compressed = 'W,purple'; // Binary: 100000 -> ['red'] + uncompressed
+      const compressed = 'W,purple'; // Binary: 100000 -> Set(['red']) + uncompressed
       const result = decompressOptions(arrayOptions, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual(['red', 'purple']);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set(['red', 'purple']));
     });
   });
 
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ describe('decompressOptions', () => {
       // Use a pattern that should work with 100 options
       const compressed = 'RmW01_'; // 011011 110000 100000 000000 000001 111111 -> 27 48 32 0 1 63
       const result = decompressOptions(largeOptions, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual([
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set([
         'value1', 'value2', 'value4', 'value5', 'value6', 'value7', 'value12', 'value29', 'value30', 'value31', 'value32', 'value33', 'value34', 'value35'
-      ]);
+      ]));
     });
 
     it('should handle very large option sets with gaps', () => {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ describe('decompressOptions', () => {
 
       const compressed = 'W0000001';
       const result = decompressOptions(veryLargeOptions, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual(['feature_0', 'feature_47']);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set(['feature_0', 'feature_47']));
     });
   });
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ describe('decompressOptions', () => {
       const singleOption: StringOptionMap = { 'a': 'value1' };
       const compressed = 'W'; // Binary: 100000 -> should select first option
       const result = decompressOptions(singleOption, compressed);
-      expect(result).toEqual(['value1']);
+      expect(result).toEqual(new Set(['value1']));
     });
   });
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/decompression.ts b/src/decompression.ts
index 7977604..b07b27f 100644
--- a/src/decompression.ts
+++ b/src/decompression.ts
@@ -1,80 +1,161 @@
 import type { OptionMap, SelectedOptions, StringOptionMap, NumberOptionMap, ArrayOptionMap } from './types/types.js';
-import { characterBitDepth, separationCharacter, characterMap } from './constants.js';
+import { DecompressionOptions } from './types/types.js';
+import { characterBitDepth, characterMap } from './constants.js';
 
-function characterToBinary(character: string): string {
+export function characterToIndex(character: string): number {
   const index = characterMap[character];
   if (index === undefined) {
     throw new Error(`Character ${character} is not a valid character.`);
   }
 
-  // Convert to binary and pad with zeros to ensure consistent bit depth
-  // Note that unlike compression, during decompression we pad the start
-  // because we are rebuilding from an index that might be too small to include leading digits,
-  // such as '001000' which would return as '1000' if we didn't pad
-  return index.toString(2).padStart(characterBitDepth, '0');
+  return index;
+}
+
+export function numberToBinaryString(number: number): string {
+  return number.toString(2).padStart(characterBitDepth, '0');
+}
+
+export function handleUncaughtOptions(
+  compressed: string,
+  startIndex: number,
+  decompressionOptions: DecompressionOptions
+): Set<string> {
+  let decompressed = new Set<string>();
+  let compressedIterator = startIndex;
+
+  while (compressedIterator < compressed.length) {
+    let uncaughtOption = '';
+    // Iterate, storing characters making up this uncaught option,
+    // until we reach another separation character or the end of the string
+    while (compressedIterator < compressed.length
+      && compressed[compressedIterator] !== decompressionOptions.separationCharacter) {
+      uncaughtOption += compressed[compressedIterator];
+      compressedIterator++;
+    }
+    decompressed.add(uncaughtOption);
+    // Move forward again past the separation charcter or past the end of the string
+    compressedIterator++;
+  }
+  return decompressed;
+}
+
+export function getValueFromKeyIndex(
+  keyIndex: number,
+  keys: (string | number)[],
+  getValue: (key: string | number) => string
+): string {
+  if (keyIndex < 0 || keyIndex >= keys.length) {
+    console.error(`Key index ${keyIndex} is out of bounds for the keys array.`);
+  }
+  const key = keys[keyIndex];
+  const value = getValue(key);
+  if (value === undefined) {
+    console.error(`Value for key ${key} at index ${keyIndex} is undefined in the optionMap.`);
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+
+export function stringDecompression(
+  characterIndex: number,
+  compressedIterator: number,
+  keys: (string | number)[],
+  getValue: (key: string | number) => string,
+): Set<string> {
+  // Convert the character index to a binary string
+  const binaryString = numberToBinaryString(characterIndex);
+  const decompressed = new Set<string>();
+
+  for (let binaryIterator = 0; binaryIterator < binaryString.length; binaryIterator++) {
+    // Do not need to determine which option we are looking for if the binary digit is 0 indicating false
+    if (binaryString[binaryIterator] === '0') {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Determine the key index in the optionMap based on our current position in the binaryString
+    // plus the characterBitDepth times the compressed array index,
+    // because each cycle represents a characterBitDepth amount of keys iterated over
+    const keyIndex = binaryIterator + (compressedIterator * characterBitDepth);
+
+    if (keyIndex >= keys.length) {
+      // Note that there is no warning here because this is a common path
+      // in cases where we padded the binary string with extra zeros
+      // to ensure the compressed string is a multiple of characterBitDepth
+      break;
+    }
+
+    const value = getValueFromKeyIndex(keyIndex, keys, getValue);
+    if (value !== undefined) {
+      decompressed.add(value);
+    }
+  }
+  return decompressed;
+}
+
+export function bitwiseDecompression(
+  characterIndex: number,
+  compressedIterator: number,
+  keys: (string | number)[],
+  getValue: (key: string | number) => string,
+): Set<string> {
+  const decompressed = new Set<string>();
+  for (let binaryIterator = 0; binaryIterator < characterBitDepth; binaryIterator++) {
+    // Start iteration at characterBitDepth - 1 because we want the first of the 6 bits
+    // to represent the first key of the 6, so we need to shift right 5x to get to the first bit
+    const currentBinaryValue = characterIndex >> (characterBitDepth - 1 - binaryIterator);
+
+    // Do not need to determine which option we are looking for if the binary digit is 0 indicating false
+    // Bitwise AND with 1 will ignore all other digits except the rightmost,
+    // which after the shift above should be the correct digit
+    if ((currentBinaryValue & 1) !== 1) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    // Determine the key index in the optionMap based on our current position in the binaryString
+    // plus the characterBitDepth times the compressed array index,
+    // because each cycle represents a characterBitDepth amount of keys iterated over
+    const keyIndex = binaryIterator + (compressedIterator * characterBitDepth);
+
+    if (keyIndex >= keys.length) {
+      // Note that there is no warning here because this is a common path
+      // in cases where we padded the binary string with extra zeros
+      // to ensure the compressed string is a multiple of characterBitDepth
+      break;
+    }
+
+    const value = getValueFromKeyIndex(keyIndex, keys, getValue);
+    if (value !== undefined) {
+      decompressed.add(value);
+    }
+  }
+  return decompressed;
 }
 
 // Shared decompression logic
-function decompressCore(
+export function decompressCore(
   keys: (string | number)[],
   getValue: (key: string | number) => string,
-  compressed: string
+  compressed: string,
+  decompressionOptions: DecompressionOptions
 ): SelectedOptions {
-  const decompressed: SelectedOptions = [];
+  const decompressed = new Set<string>();
   let compressedIterator = 0;
 
   while (compressedIterator < compressed.length) {
     // Handle uncaught options
-    if (compressed[compressedIterator] === separationCharacter) {
-      // Move past the separation character
-      compressedIterator++;
-      let uncaughtOption = '';
-
-      // Iterate, storing characters making up this uncaught option,
-      // until we reach another separation character or the end of the string
-      while (compressedIterator < compressed.length
-        && compressed[compressedIterator] !== separationCharacter) {
-        uncaughtOption += compressed[compressedIterator];
-        compressedIterator++;
-      }
-
-      decompressed.push(uncaughtOption);
-      continue;
+    if (compressed[compressedIterator] === decompressionOptions.separationCharacter) {
+      // Pass compressedIterator + 1 to skip the separation character
+      const uncaughtOptions = handleUncaughtOptions(compressed, compressedIterator + 1, decompressionOptions);
+      // Exit after processing uncaught options as they will always be at the end of the compressed string
+      return new Set([...decompressed, ...uncaughtOptions]);
     }
 
-    // Convert from url safe character to binary string
-    const binaryString = characterToBinary(compressed[compressedIterator]);
-
-    for (let binaryIterator = 0; binaryIterator < binaryString.length; binaryIterator++) {
-      // Do not need to determine which option we are looking for if the binary digit is 0 indicating false
-      if (binaryString[binaryIterator] === '0') {
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      // Determine the key index in the optionMap based on our current position in the binaryString
-      // plus the characterBitDepth times the compressed array index,
-      // because each cycle represents a characterBitDepth amount of keys iterated over
-      const keyIndex = binaryIterator + (compressedIterator * characterBitDepth);
-
-      if (keyIndex >= keys.length) {
-        // Note that there is no warning here because this is a common path
-        // in cases where we padded the binary string with extra zeros
-        // to ensure the compressed string is a multiple of characterBitDepth
-        break;
-      }
-
-      const key = keys[keyIndex];
-      if (key !== undefined) {
-        const value = getValue(key);
-        if (value !== undefined) {
-          decompressed.push(value);
-        } else {
-          console.warn(`Value for key ${key} at index ${keyIndex} is undefined in the optionMap.`);
-        }
-      } else {
-        console.warn(`Key at index ${keyIndex} is undefined in the optionMap.`);
-      }
-    }
+    // Convert from url safe character to character map index
+    const index = characterToIndex(compressed[compressedIterator]);
+
+    const decompressedFromThisCharacter = decompressionOptions.useBitwiseDecompression
+      ? bitwiseDecompression(index, compressedIterator, keys, getValue)
+      : stringDecompression(index, compressedIterator, keys, getValue);
+    decompressedFromThisCharacter.forEach(value => decompressed.add(value));
 
     compressedIterator++;
   }
@@ -90,6 +171,7 @@ function decompressCore(
  * 
  * @param optionMap - The same option map used during compression
  * @param compressed - The compressed string to decompress
+ * @param decompressionOptions - Decompression options (optional, defaults to DecompressionOptions.default())
  * @returns An array of decompressed option values
  * 
  * @example
@@ -102,7 +184,8 @@ function decompressCore(
  */
 export function decompressOptions(
   optionMap: StringOptionMap,
-  compressed: string
+  compressed: string,
+  decompressionOptions?: DecompressionOptions
 ): SelectedOptions;
 
 /**
@@ -110,6 +193,7 @@ export function decompressOptions(
  * 
  * @param optionMap - The same option map with numeric keys used during compression
  * @param compressed - The compressed string to decompress
+ * @param decompressionOptions - Decompression options (optional, defaults to DecompressionOptions.default())
  * @returns An array of decompressed option values
  * 
  * @example
@@ -122,7 +206,8 @@ export function decompressOptions(
  */
 export function decompressOptions(
   optionMap: NumberOptionMap,
-  compressed: string
+  compressed: string,
+  decompressionOptions?: DecompressionOptions
 ): SelectedOptions;
 
 /**
@@ -130,6 +215,7 @@ export function decompressOptions(
  * 
  * @param optionMap - The same array of options used during compression
  * @param compressed - The compressed string to decompress
+ * @param decompressionOptions - Decompression options (optional, defaults to DecompressionOptions.default())
  * @returns An array of decompressed option values
  * 
  * @example
@@ -142,15 +228,17 @@ export function decompressOptions(
  */
 export function decompressOptions(
   optionMap: ArrayOptionMap,
-  compressed: string
+  compressed: string,
+  decompressionOptions?: DecompressionOptions
 ): SelectedOptions;
 
 export function decompressOptions(
   optionMap: OptionMap,
-  compressed: string
+  compressed: string,
+  decompressionOptions: DecompressionOptions = DecompressionOptions.default()
 ): SelectedOptions {
   if (typeof compressed !== 'string') {
-    return [];
+    return new Set<string>();
   }
 
   if (Array.isArray(optionMap)) {
@@ -159,7 +247,8 @@ export function decompressOptions(
     return decompressCore(
       keys,
       (key) => optionMap[key as number],
-      compressed
+      compressed,
+      decompressionOptions
     );
   } else {
     // StringOptionMap or NumberOptionMap
@@ -167,7 +256,8 @@ export function decompressOptions(
     return decompressCore(
       keys,
       (key) => optionMap[key as keyof typeof optionMap],
-      compressed
+      compressed,
+      decompressionOptions
     );
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 4d6cbef..d7f7c52 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ export type {
   ArrayOptionMap
 } from './types/types.js';
 
+// Re-export classes
+export { CompressionOptions, DecompressionOptions } from './types/types.js';
+
 // Re-export compression functionality
 export { compressOptions } from './compression.js';
 
diff --git a/src/integration.test.ts b/src/integration.test.ts
index 9feeed3..136a983 100644
--- a/src/integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/integration.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
 import { compressOptions, decompressOptions } from './index.js';
 import type { StringOptionMap, NumberOptionMap, ArrayOptionMap } from './types/types.js';
+import { CompressionOptions } from './types/types.js';
 
 describe('Integration Tests - Compression and Decompression', () => {
   describe('Round-trip tests', () => {
@@ -12,11 +13,11 @@ describe('Integration Tests - Compression and Decompression', () => {
         'spellCheck': 'spell_check'
       };
       
-      const originalSelected = ['dark_mode', 'auto_save'];
+      const originalSelected = new Set(['dark_mode', 'auto_save']);
       const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(options, compressed);
       
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(originalSelected.sort());
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(originalSelected);
     });
 
     it('should preserve data through compression and decompression - NumberOptionMap', () => {
@@ -27,21 +28,21 @@ describe('Integration Tests - Compression and Decompression', () => {
         4: 'feature_d'
       };
       
-      const originalSelected = ['feature_a', 'feature_c', 'feature_d'];
+      const originalSelected = new Set(['feature_a', 'feature_c', 'feature_d']);
       const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(options, compressed);
       
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(originalSelected.sort());
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(originalSelected);
     });
 
     it('should preserve data through compression and decompression - ArrayOptionMap', () => {
       const options: ArrayOptionMap = ['red', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow', 'purple'];
       
-      const originalSelected = ['red', 'yellow', 'purple'];
+      const originalSelected = new Set(['red', 'yellow', 'purple']);
       const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(options, compressed);
       
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(originalSelected.sort());
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(originalSelected);
     });
 
     it('should handle empty selections', () => {
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ describe('Integration Tests - Compression and Decompression', () => {
         'c': 'option3'
       };
       
-      const originalSelected: string[] = [];
+      const originalSelected = new Set<string>();
       const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(options, compressed);
       
@@ -61,11 +62,11 @@ describe('Integration Tests - Compression and Decompression', () => {
     it('should handle all options selected', () => {
       const options: ArrayOptionMap = ['alpha', 'beta', 'gamma', 'delta'];
       
-      const originalSelected = ['alpha', 'beta', 'gamma', 'delta'];
+      const originalSelected = new Set(['alpha', 'beta', 'gamma', 'delta']);
       const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(options, compressed);
       
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(originalSelected.sort());
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(originalSelected);
     });
 
     it('should handle single option selected', () => {
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ describe('Integration Tests - Compression and Decompression', () => {
         'third': 'option3'
       };
       
-      const originalSelected = ['option2'];
+      const originalSelected = new Set(['option2']);
       const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(options, compressed);
       
@@ -86,58 +87,58 @@ describe('Integration Tests - Compression and Decompression', () => {
   describe('Large dataset tests', () => {
     it('should handle large StringOptionMap efficiently', () => {
       const options: StringOptionMap = {};
-      const originalSelected: string[] = [];
+      const originalSelected = new Set<string>();
       
       // Create 100 options
       for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
         options[`key_${i}`] = `value_${i}`;
         if (i % 5 === 0) { // Select every 5th option
-          originalSelected.push(`value_${i}`);
+          originalSelected.add(`value_${i}`);
         }
       }
       
       const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(options, compressed);
       
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(originalSelected.sort());
-      expect(compressed.length).toBeLessThan(originalSelected.join('').length);
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(originalSelected);
+      expect(compressed.length).toBeLessThan(Array.from(originalSelected).join('').length);
     });
 
     it('should handle large NumberOptionMap efficiently', () => {
       const options: NumberOptionMap = {};
-      const originalSelected: string[] = [];
+      const originalSelected = new Set<string>();
       
       // Create 50 options
       for (let i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
         options[i] = `feature_${i}`;
         if (i % 3 === 0) { // Select every 3rd option
-          originalSelected.push(`feature_${i}`);
+          originalSelected.add(`feature_${i}`);
         }
       }
       
       const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(options, compressed);
       
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(originalSelected.sort());
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(originalSelected);
     });
 
     it('should handle large ArrayOptionMap efficiently', () => {
       const options: ArrayOptionMap = [];
-      const originalSelected: string[] = [];
+      const originalSelected = new Set<string>();
       
       // Create 75 options
       for (let i = 0; i < 75; i++) {
         const value = `item_${i}`;
         options.push(value);
         if (i % 4 === 0) { // Select every 4th option
-          originalSelected.push(value);
+          originalSelected.add(value);
         }
       }
       
       const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(options, compressed);
       
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(originalSelected.sort());
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(originalSelected);
     });
   });
 
@@ -149,21 +150,23 @@ describe('Integration Tests - Compression and Decompression', () => {
         'c': 'option3'
       };
       
-      const originalSelected = ['option1', 'unknown_option', 'option3'];
-      const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected, true, false);
+      const originalSelected = new Set(['option1', 'unknown_option', 'option3']);
+      const compressionOptions = new CompressionOptions(true, false);
+      const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected, compressionOptions);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(options, compressed);
       
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(originalSelected.sort());
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(originalSelected);
     });
 
     it('should handle multiple uncompressed options', () => {
       const options: ArrayOptionMap = ['red', 'blue', 'green'];
       
-      const originalSelected = ['red', 'purple', 'orange', 'green'];
-      const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected, true, false);
+      const originalSelected = new Set(['red', 'purple', 'orange', 'green']);
+      const compressionOptions = new CompressionOptions(true, false);
+      const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected, compressionOptions);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(options, compressed);
       
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(originalSelected.sort());
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(originalSelected);
     });
 
     it('should handle only uncompressed options', () => {
@@ -172,11 +175,12 @@ describe('Integration Tests - Compression and Decompression', () => {
         'b': 'option2'
       };
       
-      const originalSelected = ['unknown1', 'unknown2'];
-      const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected, true, false);
+      const originalSelected = new Set(['unknown1', 'unknown2']);
+      const compressionOptions = new CompressionOptions(true, false);
+      const compressed = compressOptions(options, originalSelected, compressionOptions);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(options, compressed);
       
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(originalSelected.sort());
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(originalSelected);
     });
   });
 
@@ -193,18 +197,18 @@ describe('Integration Tests - Compression and Decompression', () => {
         'minimap': 'show_minimap'
       };
       
-      const userSelections = [
+      const userSelections = new Set([
         'dark_mode',
         'auto_save',
         'show_line_numbers',
         'word_wrap'
-      ];
+      ]);
       
       const compressed = compressOptions(userPreferences, userSelections);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(userPreferences, compressed);
       
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(userSelections.sort());
-      expect(compressed.length).toBeLessThan(userSelections.join('').length);
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(userSelections);
+      expect(compressed.length).toBeLessThan(Array.from(userSelections).join('').length);
     });
 
     it('should handle feature flags scenario', () => {
@@ -213,17 +217,17 @@ describe('Integration Tests - Compression and Decompression', () => {
         featureFlags[i] = `FEATURE_${i}_ENABLED`;
       }
       
-      const enabledFeatures = [
+      const enabledFeatures = new Set([
         'FEATURE_1_ENABLED',
         'FEATURE_5_ENABLED',
         'FEATURE_12_ENABLED',
         'FEATURE_20_ENABLED'
-      ];
+      ]);
       
       const compressed = compressOptions(featureFlags, enabledFeatures);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(featureFlags, compressed);
       
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(enabledFeatures.sort());
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(enabledFeatures);
     });
 
     it('should handle color selection scenario', () => {
@@ -232,36 +236,36 @@ describe('Integration Tests - Compression and Decompression', () => {
         'pink', 'black', 'white', 'gray', 'brown', 'cyan'
       ];
       
-      const selectedColors = ['red', 'blue', 'black', 'white'];
+      const selectedColors = new Set(['red', 'blue', 'black', 'white']);
       
       const compressed = compressOptions(colors, selectedColors);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(colors, compressed);
       
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(selectedColors.sort());
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(selectedColors);
     });
   });
 
   describe('Compression efficiency', () => {
     it('should achieve compression for moderate datasets', () => {
       const options: StringOptionMap = {};
-      const selected: string[] = [];
+      const selected = new Set<string>();
       
       // Create 30 options, select 5
       for (let i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
         options[`option_${i}`] = `very_long_option_name_${i}`;
         if (i < 5) {
-          selected.push(`very_long_option_name_${i}`);
+          selected.add(`very_long_option_name_${i}`);
         }
       }
       
       const compressed = compressOptions(options, selected);
-      const originalSize = selected.join('').length;
+      const originalSize = Array.from(selected).join('').length;
       
       expect(compressed.length).toBeLessThan(originalSize);
       
       // Verify decompression works
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(options, compressed);
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(selected.sort());
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(selected);
     });
 
     it('should maintain correctness even with maximum selections', () => {
@@ -270,11 +274,11 @@ describe('Integration Tests - Compression and Decompression', () => {
         options.push(`option_${i}`);
       }
       
-      const allSelected = [...options];
+      const allSelected = new Set(options);
       const compressed = compressOptions(options, allSelected);
       const decompressed = decompressOptions(options, compressed);
       
-      expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(allSelected.sort());
+      expect(decompressed).toEqual(allSelected);
     });
   });
 });
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/performance.test.ts b/src/performance.test.ts
index 961df08..99fd7ec 100644
--- a/src/performance.test.ts
+++ b/src/performance.test.ts
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ class PerformanceBenchmark {
   private generateSelectedOptions(optionMap: OptionMap, selectionRatio: number = 0.5): SelectedOptions {
     const allValues = Array.isArray(optionMap) ? optionMap : Object.values(optionMap);
     const selectedCount = Math.floor(allValues.length * selectionRatio);
-    const selected: SelectedOptions = [];
+    const selected = new Set<string>();
 
     // Select options at regular intervals to ensure consistent distribution
     const interval = Math.floor(allValues.length / selectedCount);
     for (let i = 0; i < selectedCount; i++) {
       const index = i * interval;
       if (index < allValues.length) {
-        selected.push(allValues[index]);
+        selected.add(allValues[index]);
       }
     }
 
@@ -61,17 +61,40 @@ class PerformanceBenchmark {
 
   // Memory usage measurement utility
   private measureMemoryUsage<T>(fn: () => T): { result: T; memoryUsed: number } {
-    // Use performance.memory if available (Chrome), otherwise estimate
     const getMemoryUsage = () => {
+      // Check if we're in Node.js environment
+      if (typeof process !== 'undefined' && process.memoryUsage) {
+        return process.memoryUsage().heapUsed;
+      }
+      // Check if we're in Chrome with performance.memory
       if (typeof performance !== 'undefined' && 'memory' in performance) {
         return (performance as any).memory.usedJSHeapSize;
       }
-      // Fallback estimation for environments without memory API
+      // Fallback for environments without memory API
       return 0;
     };
 
+    // Force garbage collection if available (Node.js with --expose-gc flag)
+    if (typeof global !== 'undefined' && (global as any).gc) {
+      try {
+        (global as any).gc();
+      } catch (e) {
+        // Ignore if gc is not available
+      }
+    }
+
     const initialMemory = getMemoryUsage();
     const result = fn();
+
+    // Force garbage collection again to measure actual memory usage
+    if (typeof global !== 'undefined' && (global as any).gc) {
+      try {
+        (global as any).gc();
+      } catch (e) {
+        // Ignore if gc is not available
+      }
+    }
+
     const finalMemory = getMemoryUsage();
     return {
       result,
@@ -121,14 +144,14 @@ class PerformanceBenchmark {
       memoryUsed = memoryResult.memoryUsed;
     }
 
-    const originalSize = JSON.stringify(selectedOptions).length;
+    const originalSize = JSON.stringify([...selectedOptions]).length;
     const compressedSize = timing.result.length;
     const compressionRatio = originalSize / compressedSize;
-    const throughput = selectedOptions.length / timing.avgTime; // options per ms
+    const throughput = selectedOptions.size / timing.avgTime; // options per ms
 
     const result: PerformanceResult = {
       operation: `Compression - ${label}`,
-      dataSize: `${selectedOptions.length}/${Array.isArray(optionMap) ? optionMap.length : Object.keys(optionMap).length} options`,
+      dataSize: `${selectedOptions.size}/${Array.isArray(optionMap) ? optionMap.length : Object.keys(optionMap).length} options`,
       executionTime: timing.avgTime,
       throughput,
       compressionRatio,
@@ -183,7 +206,7 @@ class PerformanceBenchmark {
     const compressed = compressOptions(optionMap, selectedOptions);
 
     const compressionResult = this.benchmarkCompression(optionMap, selectedOptions, label, options);
-    const decompressionResult = this.benchmarkDecompression(optionMap, compressed, selectedOptions.length, label, options);
+    const decompressionResult = this.benchmarkDecompression(optionMap, compressed, selectedOptions.size, label, options);
 
     return {
       compression: compressionResult,
@@ -242,12 +265,13 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
 
         const selectedOptions = benchmark['generateSelectedOptions'](stringMap, 0.5);
 
-        benchmark.benchmarkCompression(stringMap, selectedOptions, `StringMap-${size}`, { iterations: 500 });
-        benchmark.benchmarkCompression(numberMap, selectedOptions, `NumberMap-${size}`, { iterations: 500 });
-        benchmark.benchmarkCompression(arrayMap, selectedOptions, `ArrayMap-${size}`, { iterations: 500 });
+        benchmark.benchmarkCompression(stringMap, selectedOptions, `StringMap-${size}`, { iterations: 500, measureMemory: true });
+        benchmark.benchmarkCompression(numberMap, selectedOptions, `NumberMap-${size}`, { iterations: 500, measureMemory: true });
+        benchmark.benchmarkCompression(arrayMap, selectedOptions, `ArrayMap-${size}`, { iterations: 500, measureMemory: true });
       });
 
       const results = benchmark.getResults();
+      benchmark.printResults();
       expect(results).toHaveLength(testSizes.length * 3);
 
       // Verify all results have reasonable execution times
@@ -264,10 +288,11 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
 
       selectionRatios.forEach(ratio => {
         const selectedOptions = benchmark['generateSelectedOptions'](optionMap, ratio);
-        benchmark.benchmarkCompression(optionMap, selectedOptions, `SelectionRatio-${ratio}`, { iterations: 500 });
+        benchmark.benchmarkCompression(optionMap, selectedOptions, `SelectionRatio-${ratio}`, { iterations: 500, measureMemory: true });
       });
 
       const results = benchmark.getResults();
+      benchmark.printResults();
       expect(results).toHaveLength(selectionRatios.length);
 
       // Verify compression ratio varies with selection ratio
@@ -286,14 +311,15 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
         const selectedOptions = benchmark['generateSelectedOptions'](optionMap, 0.5);
         const compressed = compressOptions(optionMap, selectedOptions);
 
-        benchmark.benchmarkDecompression(optionMap, compressed, selectedOptions.length, `Decompression-${size}`, { iterations: 500 });
+        benchmark.benchmarkDecompression(optionMap, compressed, selectedOptions.size, `Decompression-${size}`, { iterations: 500, measureMemory: true });
       });
 
       const results = benchmark.getResults();
+      benchmark.printResults();
       expect(results).toHaveLength(testSizes.length);
 
       results.forEach(result => {
-        expect(result.executionTime).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        expect(result.executionTime, `${result.operation}: ${result.executionTime.toFixed(4)}ms, Memory: ${((result.memoryUsage || 0) / 1024).toFixed(2)}KB`).toBeGreaterThan(0);
         expect(result.throughput).toBeGreaterThan(0);
       });
     });
@@ -307,16 +333,17 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
         const optionMap = benchmark['generateStringOptionMap'](size);
         const selectedOptions = benchmark['generateSelectedOptions'](optionMap, 0.5);
 
-        benchmark.benchmarkRoundTrip(optionMap, selectedOptions, `RoundTrip-${size}`, { iterations: 250 });
+        benchmark.benchmarkRoundTrip(optionMap, selectedOptions, `RoundTrip-${size}`, { iterations: 250, measureMemory: true });
 
         // Verify round-trip maintains data integrity
         const compressed = compressOptions(optionMap, selectedOptions);
         const decompressed = decompressOptions(optionMap, compressed);
 
-        expect(decompressed.sort()).toEqual(selectedOptions.sort());
+        expect(decompressed).toEqual(selectedOptions);
       });
 
       const results = benchmark.getResults();
+      benchmark.printResults();
       expect(results).toHaveLength(testSizes.length * 2); // compression + decompression for each size
     });
   });
@@ -334,12 +361,13 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
       });
 
       const compressed = compressOptions(largeOptionMap, selectedOptions);
-      benchmark.benchmarkDecompression(largeOptionMap, compressed, selectedOptions.length, 'LargeDataset-Decompression', {
+      benchmark.benchmarkDecompression(largeOptionMap, compressed, selectedOptions.size, 'LargeDataset-Decompression', {
         iterations: 100,
         measureMemory: true
       });
 
       const results = benchmark.getResults();
+      benchmark.printResults();
       expect(results).toHaveLength(2);
 
       results.forEach(result => {
@@ -354,11 +382,12 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
       benchmark.clearResults();
 
       const optionMap = benchmark['generateStringOptionMap'](1000);
-      const emptySelection: SelectedOptions = [];
+      const emptySelection: SelectedOptions = new Set<string>();
 
-      benchmark.benchmarkCompression(optionMap, emptySelection, 'EmptySelection', { iterations: 1000 });
+      benchmark.benchmarkCompression(optionMap, emptySelection, 'EmptySelection', { iterations: 1000, measureMemory: true });
 
       const results = benchmark.getResults();
+      benchmark.printResults();
       expect(results).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(results[0].executionTime).toBeGreaterThan(0);
     });
@@ -369,9 +398,10 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
       const optionMap = benchmark['generateStringOptionMap'](500);
       const fullSelection = benchmark['generateSelectedOptions'](optionMap, 1.0);
 
-      benchmark.benchmarkCompression(optionMap, fullSelection, 'FullSelection', { iterations: 500 });
+      benchmark.benchmarkCompression(optionMap, fullSelection, 'FullSelection', { iterations: 500, measureMemory: true });
 
       const results = benchmark.getResults();
+      benchmark.printResults();
       expect(results).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(results[0].executionTime).toBeGreaterThan(0);
     });
@@ -380,43 +410,45 @@ describe('Performance Benchmarks', () => {
       benchmark.clearResults();
 
       const optionMap = benchmark['generateStringOptionMap'](1000);
-      const singleSelection = [Object.values(optionMap)[0]];
+      const singleSelection = new Set([Object.values(optionMap)[0]]);
 
-      benchmark.benchmarkCompression(optionMap, singleSelection, 'SingleSelection', { iterations: 1000 });
+      benchmark.benchmarkCompression(optionMap, singleSelection, 'SingleSelection', { iterations: 1000, measureMemory: true });
 
       const results = benchmark.getResults();
+      benchmark.printResults();
       expect(results).toHaveLength(1);
       expect(results[0].executionTime).toBeGreaterThan(0);
     });
   });
 
-  // Performance comparison utility
-  it('should provide performance comparison between different approaches', () => {
-    benchmark.clearResults();
+  describe('Performance Comparison', () => {
+    it('should provide performance comparison between different approaches', () => {
+      benchmark.clearResults();
 
-    const size = 1000;
-    const stringMap = benchmark['generateStringOptionMap'](size);
-    const numberMap = benchmark['generateNumberOptionMap'](size);
-    const arrayMap = benchmark['generateArrayOptionMap'](size);
+      const size = 1000;
+      const stringMap = benchmark['generateStringOptionMap'](size);
+      const numberMap = benchmark['generateNumberOptionMap'](size);
+      const arrayMap = benchmark['generateArrayOptionMap'](size);
 
-    const selectedOptions = benchmark['generateSelectedOptions'](stringMap, 0.5);
+      const selectedOptions = benchmark['generateSelectedOptions'](stringMap, 0.5);
 
-    // Benchmark all three approaches
-    const stringResult = benchmark.benchmarkCompression(stringMap, selectedOptions, 'StringMap', { iterations: 1000 });
-    const numberResult = benchmark.benchmarkCompression(numberMap, selectedOptions, 'NumberMap', { iterations: 1000 });
-    const arrayResult = benchmark.benchmarkCompression(arrayMap, selectedOptions, 'ArrayMap', { iterations: 1000 });
+      // Benchmark all three approaches
+      const stringResult = benchmark.benchmarkCompression(stringMap, selectedOptions, 'StringMap', { iterations: 1000, measureMemory: true });
+      const numberResult = benchmark.benchmarkCompression(numberMap, selectedOptions, 'NumberMap', { iterations: 1000, measureMemory: true });
+      const arrayResult = benchmark.benchmarkCompression(arrayMap, selectedOptions, 'ArrayMap', { iterations: 1000, measureMemory: true });
 
-    // Print comparative results
-    console.log('\nPerformance Comparison:');
-    console.log(`String Map: ${stringResult.executionTime.toFixed(4)}ms, ${stringResult.throughput.toFixed(2)} ops/ms`);
-    console.log(`Number Map: ${numberResult.executionTime.toFixed(4)}ms, ${numberResult.throughput.toFixed(2)} ops/ms`);
-    console.log(`Array Map: ${arrayResult.executionTime.toFixed(4)}ms, ${arrayResult.throughput.toFixed(2)} ops/ms`);
+      // Print comparative results
+      console.log('\nPerformance Comparison:');
+      console.log(`String Map: ${stringResult.executionTime.toFixed(4)}ms, ${stringResult.throughput.toFixed(2)} ops/ms, ${((stringResult.memoryUsage || 0) / 1024).toFixed(2)}KB`);
+      console.log(`Number Map: ${numberResult.executionTime.toFixed(4)}ms, ${numberResult.throughput.toFixed(2)} ops/ms, ${((numberResult.memoryUsage || 0) / 1024).toFixed(2)}KB`);
+      console.log(`Array Map: ${arrayResult.executionTime.toFixed(4)}ms, ${arrayResult.throughput.toFixed(2)} ops/ms, ${((arrayResult.memoryUsage || 0) / 1024).toFixed(2)}KB`);
 
-    expect(stringResult.executionTime).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    expect(numberResult.executionTime).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    expect(arrayResult.executionTime).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(stringResult.executionTime).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(numberResult.executionTime).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(arrayResult.executionTime).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    });
   });
 }, 120000); // Increase timeout for performance tests
 
 // Export the benchmark class for external use
-export { PerformanceBenchmark, type PerformanceResult, type BenchmarkOptions };
\ No newline at end of file
+export { PerformanceBenchmark, type PerformanceResult, type BenchmarkOptions };
diff --git a/src/quickExamples.ts b/src/quickExamples.ts
index 790e94a..763eda2 100644
--- a/src/quickExamples.ts
+++ b/src/quickExamples.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { compressOptions, decompressOptions } from './index';
-import type { StringOptionMap, NumberOptionMap, ArrayOptionMap, SelectedOptions } from './types/types';
+import { compressOptions, decompressOptions } from './index.js';
+import type { StringOptionMap, NumberOptionMap, ArrayOptionMap, SelectedOptions } from './types/types.js';
+import { CompressionOptions } from './types/types.js';
 
 console.log('=== EXAMPLE 1: User Preferences (50 options) ===');
 const userPreferences: StringOptionMap = {
@@ -56,18 +57,18 @@ const userPreferences: StringOptionMap = {
   'formatOnType': 'format_on_type'
 };
 
-const selectedUserPrefs: SelectedOptions = [
+const selectedUserPrefs: SelectedOptions = new Set([
   'dark_mode', 'enable_notifications', 'auto_save', 'spell_check', 'show_line_numbers',
   'word_wrap', 'show_minimap', 'code_folding', 'smooth_scrolling', 'multi_cursor_alt',
   'quick_suggestions', 'auto_closing_brackets', 'detect_links', 'bracket_colorization',
   'intellisense_suggestions', 'format_on_type'
-];
+]);
 
 const compressedPrefs: string = compressOptions(userPreferences, selectedUserPrefs);
-console.log('Selected preferences:', selectedUserPrefs.length, 'out of', Object.keys(userPreferences).length);
+console.log('Selected preferences:', selectedUserPrefs.size, 'out of', Object.keys(userPreferences).length);
 console.log('Compressed preferences:', compressedPrefs, '(length:', compressedPrefs.length, ')');
 const decompressedPrefs: SelectedOptions = decompressOptions(userPreferences, compressedPrefs);
-console.log('Decompressed correctly:', JSON.stringify(selectedUserPrefs.sort()) === JSON.stringify(decompressedPrefs.sort()));
+console.log('Decompressed correctly:', JSON.stringify(Array.from(selectedUserPrefs).sort()) === JSON.stringify(Array.from(decompressedPrefs).sort()));
 console.log('');
 
 console.log('=== EXAMPLE 2: Feature Flags (100 options) ===');
@@ -76,17 +77,17 @@ for (let i = 1; i <= 100; i++) {
   featureFlags[i] = `FEATURE_${i}_ENABLED`;
 }
 
-const enabledFeatures: SelectedOptions = [
+const enabledFeatures: SelectedOptions = new Set([
   'FEATURE_1_ENABLED', 'FEATURE_5_ENABLED', 'FEATURE_12_ENABLED', 'FEATURE_23_ENABLED',
   'FEATURE_34_ENABLED', 'FEATURE_45_ENABLED', 'FEATURE_56_ENABLED', 'FEATURE_67_ENABLED',
   'FEATURE_78_ENABLED', 'FEATURE_89_ENABLED', 'FEATURE_99_ENABLED'
-];
+]);
 
 const compressedFeatures: string = compressOptions(featureFlags, enabledFeatures);
-console.log('Enabled features:', enabledFeatures.length, 'out of', Object.keys(featureFlags).length);
+console.log('Enabled features:', enabledFeatures.size, 'out of', Object.keys(featureFlags).length);
 console.log('Compressed features:', compressedFeatures, '(length:', compressedFeatures.length, ')');
 const decompressedFeatures: SelectedOptions = decompressOptions(featureFlags, compressedFeatures);
-console.log('Decompressed correctly:', JSON.stringify(enabledFeatures.sort()) === JSON.stringify(decompressedFeatures.sort()));
+console.log('Decompressed correctly:', JSON.stringify(Array.from(enabledFeatures).sort()) === JSON.stringify(Array.from(decompressedFeatures).sort()));
 console.log('');
 
 console.log('=== EXAMPLE 3: Permission System (75 options) ===');
@@ -170,17 +171,17 @@ const permissions: StringOptionMap = {
   'deleteMessages': 'message:delete'
 };
 
-const userPermissions: SelectedOptions = [
+const userPermissions: SelectedOptions = new Set([
   'user:read', 'user:write', 'post:read', 'post:write', 'comment:read', 'comment:write',
   'settings:read', 'dashboard:read', 'project:read', 'project:write', 'team:read',
   'file:read', 'file:write', 'notification:read', 'message:read', 'message:write'
-];
+]);
 
 const compressedPermissions: string = compressOptions(permissions, userPermissions);
-console.log('User permissions:', userPermissions.length, 'out of', Object.keys(permissions).length);
+console.log('User permissions:', userPermissions.size, 'out of', Object.keys(permissions).length);
 console.log('Compressed permissions:', compressedPermissions, '(length:', compressedPermissions.length, ')');
 const decompressedPermissions: SelectedOptions = decompressOptions(permissions, compressedPermissions);
-console.log('Decompressed correctly:', JSON.stringify(userPermissions.sort()) === JSON.stringify(decompressedPermissions.sort()));
+console.log('Decompressed correctly:', JSON.stringify(Array.from(userPermissions).sort()) === JSON.stringify(Array.from(decompressedPermissions).sort()));
 console.log('');
 
 console.log('=== EXAMPLE 4: E-commerce Filters (120 options) ===');
@@ -216,17 +217,17 @@ const features: string[] = [
 ];
 features.forEach(feature => { productFilters[`feature_${feature}`] = `feature:${feature}`; });
 
-const selectedFilters: SelectedOptions = [
+const selectedFilters: SelectedOptions = new Set([
   'category:electronics', 'brand:apple', 'brand:samsung', 'color:black', 'color:white',
   'price:100-200', 'price:200-500', 'rating:4+', 'rating:5+', 'availability:in_stock',
   'shipping:free', 'feature:wireless', 'feature:bluetooth', 'feature:premium', 'feature:award_winning'
-];
+]);
 
 const compressedFilters: string = compressOptions(productFilters, selectedFilters);
-console.log('Selected filters:', selectedFilters.length, 'out of', Object.keys(productFilters).length);
+console.log('Selected filters:', selectedFilters.size, 'out of', Object.keys(productFilters).length);
 console.log('Compressed filters:', compressedFilters, '(length:', compressedFilters.length, ')');
 const decompressedFilters: SelectedOptions = decompressOptions(productFilters, compressedFilters);
-console.log('Decompressed correctly:', JSON.stringify(selectedFilters.sort()) === JSON.stringify(decompressedFilters.sort()));
+console.log('Decompressed correctly:', JSON.stringify(Array.from(selectedFilters).sort()) === JSON.stringify(Array.from(decompressedFilters).sort()));
 console.log('');
 
 console.log('=== EXAMPLE 5: With Uncompressed Options ===');
@@ -237,12 +238,12 @@ const basicOptions: StringOptionMap = {
   'opt4': 'option_four'
 };
 
-const mixedSelection: SelectedOptions = ['option_one', 'option_three', 'custom_option_not_in_map', 'another_custom'];
-const compressedMixed: string = compressOptions(basicOptions, mixedSelection, true, true);
+const mixedSelection: SelectedOptions = new Set(['option_one', 'option_three', 'custom_option_not_in_map', 'another_custom']);
+const compressedMixed: string = compressOptions(basicOptions, mixedSelection, new CompressionOptions(true, true));
 console.log('Mixed selection (with uncompressed):', compressedMixed, '(length:', compressedMixed.length, ')');
 const decompressedMixed: SelectedOptions = decompressOptions(basicOptions, compressedMixed);
 console.log('Decompressed mixed:', decompressedMixed);
-console.log('Decompressed correctly:', JSON.stringify(mixedSelection.sort()) === JSON.stringify(decompressedMixed.sort()));
+console.log('Decompressed correctly:', JSON.stringify(Array.from(mixedSelection).sort()) === JSON.stringify(Array.from(decompressedMixed).sort()));
 console.log('');
 
 console.log('=== EXAMPLE 6: Array Option Map (Simple List) ===');
@@ -251,12 +252,12 @@ const colorOptions: ArrayOptionMap = [
   'brown', 'cyan', 'magenta', 'lime', 'indigo', 'violet', 'maroon', 'navy', 'olive', 'teal'
 ];
 
-const selectedColors: SelectedOptions = ['red', 'blue', 'green', 'black', 'white'];
+const selectedColors: SelectedOptions = new Set(['red', 'blue', 'green', 'black', 'white']);
 const compressedColors: string = compressOptions(colorOptions, selectedColors);
-console.log('Selected colors:', selectedColors.length, 'out of', colorOptions.length);
+console.log('Selected colors:', selectedColors.size, 'out of', colorOptions.length);
 console.log('Compressed colors:', compressedColors, '(length:', compressedColors.length, ')');
 const decompressedColors: SelectedOptions = decompressOptions(colorOptions, compressedColors);
-console.log('Decompressed correctly:', JSON.stringify(selectedColors.sort()) === JSON.stringify(decompressedColors.sort()));
+console.log('Decompressed correctly:', JSON.stringify(Array.from(selectedColors).sort()) === JSON.stringify(Array.from(decompressedColors).sort()));
 console.log('');
 
 console.log('=== COMPRESSION EFFICIENCY COMPARISON ===');
@@ -268,11 +269,11 @@ interface TestCase {
 }
 
 const testCases: TestCase[] = [
-  { name: 'User Preferences', options: Object.keys(userPreferences).length, selected: selectedUserPrefs.length, compressed: compressedPrefs.length },
-  { name: 'Feature Flags', options: Object.keys(featureFlags).length, selected: enabledFeatures.length, compressed: compressedFeatures.length },
-  { name: 'Permissions', options: Object.keys(permissions).length, selected: userPermissions.length, compressed: compressedPermissions.length },
-  { name: 'Product Filters', options: Object.keys(productFilters).length, selected: selectedFilters.length, compressed: compressedFilters.length },
-  { name: 'Color Options', options: colorOptions.length, selected: selectedColors.length, compressed: compressedColors.length }
+  { name: 'User Preferences', options: Object.keys(userPreferences).length, selected: selectedUserPrefs.size, compressed: compressedPrefs.length },
+  { name: 'Feature Flags', options: Object.keys(featureFlags).length, selected: enabledFeatures.size, compressed: compressedFeatures.length },
+  { name: 'Permissions', options: Object.keys(permissions).length, selected: userPermissions.size, compressed: compressedPermissions.length },
+  { name: 'Product Filters', options: Object.keys(productFilters).length, selected: selectedFilters.size, compressed: compressedFilters.length },
+  { name: 'Color Options', options: colorOptions.length, selected: selectedColors.size, compressed: compressedColors.length }
 ];
 
 testCases.forEach(tc => {
diff --git a/src/types/types.ts b/src/types/types.ts
index c7f97d1..6a1699d 100644
--- a/src/types/types.ts
+++ b/src/types/types.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,116 @@ export type StringOptionMap = Record<string, string>;
 export type NumberOptionMap = Record<number, string>;
 export type ArrayOptionMap = string[];
 export type OptionMap = StringOptionMap | NumberOptionMap | ArrayOptionMap;
-export type SelectedOptions = string[];
\ No newline at end of file
+export type SelectedOptions = Set<string>;
+
+/**
+ * Configuration options for compression operations.
+ * 
+ * @example
+ * ```typescript
+ * // Use default options
+ * const options = CompressionOptions.default();
+ * 
+ * // Create custom options
+ * const customOptions = new CompressionOptions(true, false, ',', true);
+ * 
+ * // Create with specific settings
+ * const options = new CompressionOptions(
+ *   true,  // includeUncompressed
+ *   false, // warnOnUncompressed
+ *   ',',   // separationCharacter
+ *   true   // useBitwiseCompression
+ * );
+ * ```
+ */
+export class CompressionOptions {
+  /** Whether to include options not found in the map as uncompressed data */
+  public includeUncompressed: boolean;
+
+  /** Whether to warn when options cannot be compressed */
+  public warnOnUncompressed: boolean;
+
+  /** Character used to separate uncompressed options */
+  public separationCharacter: string;
+
+  /** Whether to use bitwise compression algorithm */
+  public useBitwiseCompression: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new CompressionOptions instance.
+   * 
+   * @param includeUncompressed - Whether to include options not found in the map as uncompressed data (default: false)
+   * @param warnOnUncompressed - Whether to warn when options cannot be compressed (default: true)
+   * @param separationCharacter - Character used to separate uncompressed options (default: ',')
+   * @param useBitwiseCompression - Whether to use bitwise compression algorithm (default: true)
+   */
+  constructor(
+    includeUncompressed: boolean = false,
+    warnOnUncompressed: boolean = true,
+    separationCharacter: string = ',',
+    useBitwiseCompression: boolean = true
+  ) {
+    this.includeUncompressed = includeUncompressed;
+    this.warnOnUncompressed = warnOnUncompressed;
+    this.separationCharacter = separationCharacter;
+    this.useBitwiseCompression = useBitwiseCompression;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a CompressionOptions instance with default settings.
+   * 
+   * @returns A new CompressionOptions instance with default values
+   */
+  static default(): CompressionOptions {
+    return new CompressionOptions();
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Configuration options for decompression operations.
+ * 
+ * @example
+ * ```typescript
+ * // Use default options
+ * const options = DecompressionOptions.default();
+ * 
+ * // Create custom options
+ * const customOptions = new DecompressionOptions(',', true);
+ * 
+ * // Create with specific settings
+ * const options = new DecompressionOptions(
+ *   ',',  // separationCharacter
+ *   true  // useBitwiseDecompression
+ * );
+ * ```
+ */
+export class DecompressionOptions {
+  /** Character used to separate uncompressed options */
+  public separationCharacter: string;
+
+  /** Whether to use bitwise decompression algorithm */
+  public useBitwiseDecompression: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new DecompressionOptions instance.
+   * 
+   * @param separationCharacter - Character used to separate uncompressed options (default: ',')
+   * @param useBitwiseDecompression - Whether to use bitwise decompression algorithm (default: true)
+   */
+  constructor(
+    separationCharacter: string = ',',
+    useBitwiseDecompression: boolean = true
+  ) {
+    this.separationCharacter = separationCharacter;
+    this.useBitwiseDecompression = useBitwiseDecompression;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a DecompressionOptions instance with default settings.
+   * 
+   * @returns A new DecompressionOptions instance with default values
+   */
+  static default(): DecompressionOptions {
+    return new DecompressionOptions();
+  }
+}