Support the -D command line option for running benchmarks. The
benchmark code was slightly restructured to factor out the calls
that need to be different for each benchmark scenario. Since there
are now 4 scenarios (all combinations of fast/HC and with/without
dictionary), the logic was getting somewhat convoluted otherwise.
This was done by extending the compressionParameters struct that
previously contained just a single function pointer. It now
contains 4 function pointers for init/reset/compress/cleanup,
with the related state. The functions get a pointer to the
structure as their first argument (inspired by C++), so that they
can access the state values in the struct.
Improve formatting
Include static assert
Use UTIL_fseek to handle potential fseek limitation
Be explicit when refusing to read from stdin
Properly free dctx after use
Include valgrind tests
Moved a few other tests to Makefiles.inc. Other things might need to go there.
Made a test for symlink appropriateness. Windows can NOT handle them the same way Unix-like operating systems do (if at all). This is mostly the same as the Visual C projects.
embed version info into .dll and .exes that are redistributed.
This behavior has been preserved for compatibility with existing ecosystem.
But it's problematic, as some environment start `lz4` without identifying stdout as console by default,
leading to a change of behavior for a same line of script.
A more sensible policy would be to default to stdout only when input is stdin.
Soft change for the time being : keep the behavior, just print a warning message.
User should prefer `-c` to explicitly select `stdout`.
Also : updated tests in Makefile to explicitly select `stdout` with `-c`.
This is the reverse of `-BD`, and the current default.
This command can be useful to reverse a previous `-BD` command.
It may in the future be more important
if `lz4` switches to generating dependent blocks by default.
make it possible to generate LZ4-compressed block
with a controlled maximum offset (necessarily <= 65535).
This could be useful for compatibility with decoders
using a very limited memory budget (<64 KB).
Answer #154
