Slightly improved decoding speed under GCC compilation

git-svn-id: https://lz4.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@38 650e7d94-2a16-8b24-b05c-7c0b3f6821cd

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lz4.h b/lz4.h
index 5efd364..c8c62f6 100644
--- a/lz4.h
+++ b/lz4.h
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ int LZ4_compress   (char* source, char* dest, int isize);
 int LZ4_uncompress (char* source, char* dest, int osize);

 

 /*

-LZ4_compress :

+LZ4_compress() :

 	return : the number of bytes in compressed buffer dest

 	note : destination buffer must be already allocated. 

 		To avoid any problem, size it to handle worst cases situations (input data not compressible)

 		Worst case size is : "inputsize + 0.4%", with "0.4%" being at least 8 bytes.

 

-LZ4_uncompress :

+LZ4_uncompress() :

 	osize  : is the output size, therefore the original size

 	return : the number of bytes read in the source buffer

 			 If the source stream is malformed, the function will stop decoding and return a negative result, indicating the byte position of the faulty instruction

@@ -63,20 +63,20 @@ LZ4_uncompress :
 int LZ4_uncompress_unknownOutputSize (char* source, char* dest, int isize, int maxOutputSize);

 

 /*

-LZ4_uncompress_unknownOutputSize :

+LZ4_uncompress_unknownOutputSize() :

 	isize  : is the input size, therefore the compressed size

 	maxOutputSize : is the size of the destination buffer (which must be already allocated)

 	return : the number of bytes decoded in the destination buffer (necessarily <= maxOutputSize)

 			 If the source stream is malformed, the function will stop decoding and return a negative result, indicating the byte position of the faulty instruction

 			 This version never writes beyond dest + maxOutputSize, and is therefore protected against malicious data packets

-	note   : This version is slower than LZ4_uncompress, and is therefore not recommended for general use

+	note   : This version is a bit slower than LZ4_uncompress

 */

 

 

 int LZ4_compressCtx(void** ctx, char* source,  char* dest, int isize);

 

 /*

-LZ4_compressCtx :

+LZ4_compressCtx() :

 	This function explicitly handles the CTX memory structure.

 	It avoids allocating/deallocating memory between each call, improving performance when malloc is time-consuming.

 	Note : when memory is allocated into the stack (default mode), there is no "malloc" penalty.

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ LZ4_compressCtx :
 	On next calls : reuse the same ctx pointer.

 	Use different pointers for different threads when doing multi-threading.

 

-	note : performance difference is small, mostly noticeable when repetitively calling the compression algorithm on many small segments.

+	note : performance difference is small, mostly noticeable in HeapMode when repetitively calling the compression function over many small segments.

 */