[ViewVC] Annotation of: cvs/liblzf/Changes

        - switched to GPL v2 or any later version.
        - speed up compression by ~10-15% in common cases
          by some manual unrolling.
        - import some compiler tricks from JSON::XS.
        - tune hash functions depending on ULTRA_FAST or VERY_FAST settings.
        - for typical binary data (e.g. /bin/bash, memory dumps,
          canterbury corpus etc.), speed is now comparable to fastlz, but
          with better compression ratio. with ULTRA_FAST, it's typically
          3-8% faster than fastlz while still maintaining a similar ratio.
          (amd64, ymmv). thanks a lot for the competition :)
        - undo inline assembly, it is no longer helpful.

2.1  Fri Nov  2 13:34:42 CET 2007
        - switched to a 2-clause bsd license with GPL exception.
        - get rid of memcpy.
        - tentatively use rep movsb on x86 and x86_64 (gcc only) for a
          moderate speed improvement.
        - applied patch by Kein-Hong Man to maske lzf.c compile under
          the crippled mingw32 environment.

2.0  Fri Feb 16 23:11:18 CET 2007
        - replaced lzf demo by industrial-strength lzf utility with behaviour
          similar other compression utilities. Thanks for Stefan Traby for
          rewriting it!
        - fix state arg prototype.

1.7  Wed Sep 27 17:29:15 CEST 2006
        - remove bogus "unlzf" patch.
          note to self: never accept well-meant patches.
        - make lzf more robust in presence of padding bytes or sudden eof.

1.6  Fri Jul  7 17:31:26 CEST 2006
        - the lzf example utility will now uncompress if invoked
          as "unlzf" (patch by Scott Feeney).
        - add CHECK_INPUT option that adds more checks for input
          data validity.
        - help applications that do not pass in the correct length
          (such as php) by returning either EINVAL or E2BIG.
        - default HLOG size is now 15 (cpu caches have increased).
        - documentation fixes.

1.51 Thu Apr 14 22:15:46 CEST 2005
        - incorporated C♯ implementation of both the en- and decoder,
          written by "Oren J. Maurice <oymaurice@hazorea.org.il>".
          You can find it in the cs/ subdirectory.
        - make FRST, NEXT IDX overridable if lzf_c.c is directly included
          in the code.

1.5  Tue Mar  8 20:23:23 CET 2005
        - incorporated improvements by Adam D. Moss,
          which includes a new VERY_FAST mode which is
          a bit slower than ULTRA_FAST but much better,
          and enabled it as default.

1.401 Thu Mar  3 18:00:52 CET 2005
        - use cstring in c++, not string.h.
        - change of contact address.

1.4  Wed Dec 15 08:08:49 CET 2004
        - very very slight tuning of the hashing function.

1.3  Thu Mar 25 15:41:17 CET 2004
        - changed license of lzf core code to explicitly allow
          relicensing under the GPLv2.
        - added VPATH support as suggested by Björn Eriksson.

1.2  Mon Dec 29 13:47:28 CET 2003
        - avoid spurious memory accesses after the to-be-compressed
          memory region. originally reported by Michal Zalewski.
        - flip LZF_STACK_ARG meaning (to be correct).

1.1  Tue Dec 23 05:48:32 CET 2003
        - removed #warn directive, it's not worth the hassle.
        - add LZF_STACK_ARG and AVOID_ERRNO configurations
          for embedded systems.
        - make it compile cleanly as c++.
        - some small documentation and code fixes.

1.0  Sun Nov 17 12:37:37 CET 2002
        - slightly better compression ratio, almost unmeasurably
          slower.
        - some documentation fixes.

0.4  Thu Jun 13 14:11:10 CEST 2002
        - typoe fix.
        - lzf demo program now properly decompresses small files.
        - fix another 64 bit issue, found by Laurent Deniel.

0.3  Tue Jan 16 13:21:14 CET 2001
        - fix silly beginners 32/64 bit mistake.

0.2  Thu Jan  4 05:56:42 CET 2001
        - now totally independent of autoconfig, for
          easy inclusion into other programs.
        - much better fine-tuning, faster and better than 0.1.

0.1  2000
        - initial release.
Revision:	1.33
Committed:	Tue Nov 13 10:41:52 2007 UTC (16 years, 6 months ago) by root
Branch:	MAIN
Changes since 1.32:	+10 -0 lines
Log Message:	* empty log message *
#	User	Rev	Content
1	root	1.32	- switched to GPL v2 or any later version.
2	root	1.33	- speed up compression by ~10-15% in common cases
3			by some manual unrolling.
4			- import some compiler tricks from JSON::XS.
5			- tune hash functions depending on ULTRA_FAST or VERY_FAST settings.
6			- for typical binary data (e.g. /bin/bash, memory dumps,
7			canterbury corpus etc.), speed is now comparable to fastlz, but
8			with better compression ratio. with ULTRA_FAST, it's typically
9			3-8% faster than fastlz while still maintaining a similar ratio.
10			(amd64, ymmv). thanks a lot for the competition :)
11			- undo inline assembly, it is no longer helpful.
12	root	1.32
13	root	1.30	2.1 Fri Nov 2 13:34:42 CET 2007
14	root	1.31	- switched to a 2-clause bsd license with GPL exception.
15	root	1.28	- get rid of memcpy.
16			- tentatively use rep movsb on x86 and x86_64 (gcc only) for a
17			moderate speed improvement.
18	root	1.29	- applied patch by Kein-Hong Man to maske lzf.c compile under
19			the crippled mingw32 environment.
20	root	1.18
21	root	1.27	2.0 Fri Feb 16 23:11:18 CET 2007
22	root	1.24	- replaced lzf demo by industrial-strength lzf utility with behaviour
23			similar other compression utilities. Thanks for Stefan Traby for
24			rewriting it!
25	root	1.27	- fix state arg prototype.
26	root	1.23
27	root	1.22	1.7 Wed Sep 27 17:29:15 CEST 2006
28	root	1.26	- remove bogus "unlzf" patch.
29	root	1.20	note to self: never accept well-meant patches.
30	root	1.21	- make lzf more robust in presence of padding bytes or sudden eof.
31	root	1.20
32	root	1.18	1.6 Fri Jul 7 17:31:26 CEST 2006
33			- the lzf example utility will now uncompress if invoked
34			as "unlzf" (patch by Scott Feeney).
35			- add CHECK_INPUT option that adds more checks for input
36			data validity.
37			- help applications that do not pass in the correct length
38			(such as php) by returning either EINVAL or E2BIG.
39	root	1.19	- default HLOG size is now 15 (cpu caches have increased).
40			- documentation fixes.
41	root	1.18
42	root	1.16	1.51 Thu Apr 14 22:15:46 CEST 2005
43			- incorporated C♯ implementation of both the en- and decoder,
44			written by "Oren J. Maurice <oymaurice@hazorea.org.il>".
45	root	1.17	You can find it in the cs/ subdirectory.
46	root	1.16	- make FRST, NEXT IDX overridable if lzf_c.c is directly included
47			in the code.
48
49	root	1.15	1.5 Tue Mar 8 20:23:23 CET 2005
50			- incorporated improvements by Adam D. Moss,
51			which includes a new VERY_FAST mode which is
52			a bit slower than ULTRA_FAST but much better,
53			and enabled it as default.
54	root	1.12
55	root	1.13	1.401 Thu Mar 3 18:00:52 CET 2005
56	root	1.12	- use cstring in c++, not string.h.
57	root	1.14	- change of contact address.
58	root	1.12
59	root	1.11	1.4 Wed Dec 15 08:08:49 CET 2004
60	root	1.10	- very very slight tuning of the hashing function.
61
62	pcg	1.9	1.3 Thu Mar 25 15:41:17 CET 2004
63			- changed license of lzf core code to explicitly allow
64			relicensing under the GPLv2.
65	pcg	1.8	- added VPATH support as suggested by Björn Eriksson.
66
67	pcg	1.6	1.2 Mon Dec 29 13:47:28 CET 2003
68			- avoid spurious memory accesses after the to-be-compressed
69			memory region. originally reported by Michal Zalewski.
70	pcg	1.7	- flip LZF_STACK_ARG meaning (to be correct).
71	pcg	1.6
72	pcg	1.5	1.1 Tue Dec 23 05:48:32 CET 2003
73	pcg	1.4	- removed #warn directive, it's not worth the hassle.
74	pcg	1.5	- add LZF_STACK_ARG and AVOID_ERRNO configurations
75			for embedded systems.
76			- make it compile cleanly as c++.
77			- some small documentation and code fixes.
78	pcg	1.4
79	root	1.3	1.0 Sun Nov 17 12:37:37 CET 2002
80	root	1.2	- slightly better compression ratio, almost unmeasurably
81			slower.
82	root	1.3	- some documentation fixes.
83	root	1.2
84			0.4 Thu Jun 13 14:11:10 CEST 2002
85	root	1.1	- typoe fix.
86			- lzf demo program now properly decompresses small files.
87			- fix another 64 bit issue, found by Laurent Deniel.
88
89			0.3 Tue Jan 16 13:21:14 CET 2001
90			- fix silly beginners 32/64 bit mistake.
91
92			0.2 Thu Jan 4 05:56:42 CET 2001
93	root	1.3	- now totally independent of autoconfig, for
94	root	1.1	easy inclusion into other programs.
95			- much better fine-tuning, faster and better than 0.1.
96
97	root	1.3	0.1 2000
98	root	1.1	- initial release.