from ZXing (props Alex Geller) - about 25-60% slower depending on
data & stack heavy but does improve some outcomes when FNC1s
present (GS1_MODE or manual) although not much else it appears
(the previous algorithm was very good), but has a logical clarity
the other lacked - funcs `c128_dxsmooth()` etc shared with
CODE16K now moved there and renamed as `c16k_`;
also fix extended char latching when exactly 4 extended chars
at end
also manual code set switching now honoured exactly even if
immediate shift required;
manual: make explicit that AI "(00)" and "(01)" prefixes added by
Zint are HRT-only
general: add `extern "C"` wrappers to a few header files
in `cc_binary_string()`, ticket #300 (#5 & #6), props Andre Maute;
add other checks for length on processing encoding mode
PDF417: fix out-of-bounds crash on overrunning string and codeword
buffers by tripling size (convert to `short` instead of `int` to
guard against too much stack), ticket #300 (#7 & #10), props Andre
Maute; (TODO: add some checks instead to bail out earlier?)
CODEONE: fix looping on latch crash in `c1_encode()`, ticket #300 (#8),
props Andre Maute
CODABLOCKF: fix crash on negative overflow of `columns` (`option_2`),
ticket #300 (#9), props Andre Maute
library: add `debug_print_escape()` helper for ZINT_DEBUG_PRINT
spanning Text segments to avoid affecting 1st char of 2nd segment
- PDF417/MICROPDF417: add optimized encoding, FAST_MODE for
previous scheme; formatting changes
- common.c/h: add `cnt_digits()`, comments in include and make more
consistent, minor code fiddling
- DOTCODE: replace `dc_n_digits()` with new `cnt_digits()`
- test_qr: fix `test_qr_perf()`
- composite: minor code fiddling
- library: debug dump HIBC-processed input
- BWIPP: update to latest
- Switched mode selection to better optimized method listed in Appendix D of the AIM PDF417 specification.
- Removed extraneous text latch after a byte shift.
- Removed invalid numeric->byte shift transitions.
GRIDMATRIX, HANXIN, MAXICODE, MICROPDF417, PDF417, QRCODE, RMQR, ULTRA
RMQR: fix ECI encoding (wrong bit length for indicator)
MICROQR: check versions M1 and M2 for allowed characters so as to give
better error messages
DOTCODE: some small optimizations
common.c: add is_chr(), segs_length(), segs_cpy()
CODEONE/CODE128/DOTCODE/GRIDMATRIX/HANXIN/MAXICODE/QRCODE/ULTRA: add
namespace prefixes to static funcs/data
includes: use Z_ prefix, unuse double underscore prefixes (guard defines)
manual.txt: compress some tables using double/treble column sets
add specify rows option (option_3) (#204);
warn if cols increased from specified (back-incompatible);
move table definitions from "pdf417.h" to new "pdf417_tabs.h" and
make INTERNAL_DATA and share with composite.c (saves ~10K);
prefix routines and tables with "pdf_";
some small performance improvements through if/elses, pdf_textprocess()
& pdf_numbprocess() loop simplifications
MICROQR: fix debug access crash on printing non-NUL-terminating binary
DATAMATRIX: fix missing ++ from "[tp]" at C40/TEXT EOD processing of GS1
(though probably never reached); use "[tp++]" throughout
Add const to static tables missing it and also to some variables
Change "debug" -> "debug_print" throughout
GRIDMATRIX, MAXICODE, MICROPDF417, PDF417, QRCODE, ULTRA
DOTCODE: use pre-calculated generator poly coeffs in Reed-Solomon for
performance improvement
PDF417/MICROPDF417: use common routine pdf417_initial()
GUI: code lines <= 118, shorthand widget_obj(),
shorten calling upcean_addon_gap(), upcean_guard_descent()
various backend: var name debug -> debug_print
RMQR: update to new draft ISO/IEC JTC1/SC31N000 (Draft 2019-6-24);
allow for righthand vertical timing pattern in populate_grid()
ULTRA: update max size and min cols based on BWIPP 2021-07-14 update
backend_tcl/zint_tcl.dsp: use /MD instead of /MT for tcl lib compat;
change include/lib path to more standard one
manual.txt: highlight that rMQR is still in development
GUI: use cross-platform smaller font func instead of explicit values for notes
