Remove inputBuffer from Context, Work Around its Absence

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/lz4hc.h b/lib/lz4hc.h
index 3b0d0d3..cfc5d9e 100644
--- a/lib/lz4hc.h
+++ b/lib/lz4hc.h
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ struct LZ4HC_CCtx_internal
     const uint8_t* end;         /* next block here to continue on current prefix */
     const uint8_t* base;        /* All index relative to this position */
     const uint8_t* dictBase;    /* alternate base for extDict */
-    void*      inputBuffer;     /* deprecated */
     uint32_t   dictLimit;       /* below that point, need extDict */
     uint32_t   lowLimit;        /* below that point, no more dict */
     uint32_t   nextToUpdate;    /* index from which to continue dictionary update */
@@ -167,7 +166,6 @@ struct LZ4HC_CCtx_internal
     const unsigned char* end;        /* next block here to continue on current prefix */
     const unsigned char* base;       /* All index relative to this position */
     const unsigned char* dictBase;   /* alternate base for extDict */
-    void*          inputBuffer;      /* deprecated */
     unsigned int   dictLimit;        /* below that point, need extDict */
     unsigned int   lowLimit;         /* below that point, no more dict */
     unsigned int   nextToUpdate;     /* index from which to continue dictionary update */
@@ -210,7 +208,14 @@ LZ4_DEPRECATED("use LZ4_compress_HC_extStateHC() instead") LZ4LIB_API int LZ4_co
 LZ4_DEPRECATED("use LZ4_compress_HC_continue() instead") LZ4LIB_API int LZ4_compressHC_continue               (LZ4_streamHC_t* LZ4_streamHCPtr, const char* source, char* dest, int inputSize);
 LZ4_DEPRECATED("use LZ4_compress_HC_continue() instead") LZ4LIB_API int LZ4_compressHC_limitedOutput_continue (LZ4_streamHC_t* LZ4_streamHCPtr, const char* source, char* dest, int inputSize, int maxOutputSize);
 
-/* Deprecated Streaming functions; should no longer be used */
+/* Obsolete streaming functions; degraded functionality; do not use!
+ *
+ * In order to perform streaming compression, these functions depended on data
+ * that is no longer tracked in the state. They have been preserved as well as
+ * possible: using them will still produce a correct output. However, use of
+ * LZ4_slideInputBufferHC() will truncate the history of the stream, rather
+ * than preserve a window-sized chunk of history.
+ */
 LZ4_DEPRECATED("use LZ4_createStreamHC() instead") LZ4LIB_API void* LZ4_createHC (const char* inputBuffer);
 LZ4_DEPRECATED("use LZ4_saveDictHC() instead") LZ4LIB_API     char* LZ4_slideInputBufferHC (void* LZ4HC_Data);
 LZ4_DEPRECATED("use LZ4_freeStreamHC() instead") LZ4LIB_API   int   LZ4_freeHC (void* LZ4HC_Data);