lzss_read(3alleg4)

✨ lzss_read ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Allegro manual — yes, lzss_read(3alleg4), the Allegro game programming library one 💖 — and we're about to unpack some compressed data together. no cap.

🌸 NAME 🌸

lzss_read — decompresses data using LZSS. it's giving "Allegro game programming library" energy 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <allegro.h>

int lzss_read(PACKFILE *file, LZSS_UNPACK_DATA *dat, int s, unsigned
char *buf);

look at that signature. iconic. literally every argument matters, don't skip any of them 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does it actually DO? it unpacks from dat into buf, until either EOF is reached or s bytes have been extracted from file. whichever comes first, babes. it stops there. periodt.

💅 RETURN VALUE 💅

it returns the number of bytes added to the buffer buf. that's it. that's the whole vibe check. no extra lore 🌈

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• free_lzss_unpack_data(3alleg4) — go read this one too, it's the bestie of this function fr fr 🍓

okay so that's the whole page!! short and sweet and lowkey perfect ✨ mwah 💋

sign-off moment: this slay of a manpage is brought to you by Allegro, version 4.4.3, and it's filed under lzss_read(3alleg4) in the Allegro manual. go off, king 👑💖