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authorYann Collet <cyan@fb.com>2018-02-28 07:23:27 (GMT)
committerYann Collet <cyan@fb.com>2018-02-28 07:23:27 (GMT)
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updated LZ4F_compressBound() documentation
to clarify it includes potentially buffered data.
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-rw-r--r--lib/lz4frame.h9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/lz4frame.h b/lib/lz4frame.h
index 15484d7..9efaca0 100644
--- a/lib/lz4frame.h
+++ b/lib/lz4frame.h
@@ -250,10 +250,13 @@ LZ4FLIB_API size_t LZ4F_compressBegin(LZ4F_cctx* cctx,
const LZ4F_preferences_t* prefsPtr);
/*! LZ4F_compressBound() :
- * Provides minimum dstCapacity for a given srcSize to guarantee operation success in worst case scenarios.
- * Estimation includes frame footer, which would be generated by LZ4F_compressEnd().
- * Estimation doesn't include frame header, already generated by LZ4F_compressBegin().
+ * Provides minimum dstCapacity required to guarantee compression success
+ * given a srcSize and preferences, covering worst case scenario.
* prefsPtr is optional : when NULL is provided, preferences will be set to cover worst case scenario.
+ * Estimation is valid for either LZ4F_compressUpdate(), LZ4F_flush() or LZ4F_compressEnd(),
+ * Estimation includes the possibility that internal buffer might already be filled by up to (blockSize-1) bytes.
+ * It also includes frame footer (ending + checksum), which would have to be generated by LZ4F_compressEnd().
+ * Estimation doesn't include frame header, as it was already generated by LZ4F_compressBegin().
* Result is always the same for a srcSize and prefsPtr, so it can be trusted to size reusable buffers.
* When srcSize==0, LZ4F_compressBound() provides an upper bound for LZ4F_flush() and LZ4F_compressEnd() operations.
*/