[PATCH] add a new unlzma applet

[Roberto A. Foglietta]

Rob Landley ha scritto:

> 
>>>Does rc_read_byte() really need to be a function?  It's used in exactly
>>>two places and expands to a very small amount of straightforward code
>>>that's inlined anyway.  (A similar comment could be made about rc_test.)
>>
>>True. In fact that was a kind of raw implementation of standard rangecoder
>>algorithm. But those functions where quite stupid, so removed.
>>
>>
>>>And
>>>rc_free() there's just no excuse for, it's just a wrapper around free()
>>>that's only called once
>>
>>I somewhat disagree about this. On a purely technical POV, you're right.
>>But at a higher "algorithmic" level, this rc_free() allow a total
>>abstraction of the rangecoder.
> 
> 
> Meaning what?
> 

  I think he would say: tomorrow if you want change algorithms the 
rc_functions changes inside but their API still the same. Is it right?

  Cheers,
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