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author | Mark Adler <madler@alumni.caltech.edu> | 2019-04-05 15:27:47 -0700 |
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committer | Hans Kristian Rosbach <hk-github@circlestorm.org> | 2021-02-03 12:41:32 +0100 |
commit | 47faede6447f444f77ac931d3c9a39cc4f091c72 (patch) | |
tree | 9f4a07882575149b4453ee8360f06deab7252af6 /zlib.h | |
parent | 9e9bd3b058ecbf8b7f388131e96f60fe9f58e864 (diff) |
Explicitly note that the 32-bit check values are 32 bits.
Diffstat (limited to 'zlib.h')
-rw-r--r-- | zlib.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -1650,8 +1650,9 @@ Z_EXTERN void Z_EXPORT gzclearerr(gzFile file); Z_EXTERN unsigned long Z_EXPORT adler32(unsigned long adler, const unsigned char *buf, unsigned int len); /* Update a running Adler-32 checksum with the bytes buf[0..len-1] and - return the updated checksum. If buf is NULL, this function returns the - required initial value for the checksum. + return the updated checksum. An Adler-32 value is in the range of a 32-bit + unsigned integer. If buf is Z_NULL, this function returns the required + initial value for the checksum. An Adler-32 checksum is almost as reliable as a CRC-32 but can be computed much faster. @@ -1685,9 +1686,10 @@ Z_EXTERN unsigned long Z_EXPORT adler32_combine(unsigned long adler1, unsigned l Z_EXTERN unsigned long Z_EXPORT crc32(unsigned long crc, const unsigned char *buf, unsigned int len); /* Update a running CRC-32 with the bytes buf[0..len-1] and return the - updated CRC-32. If buf is NULL, this function returns the required - initial value for the crc. Pre- and post-conditioning (one's complement) is - performed within this function so it shouldn't be done by the application. + updated CRC-32. A CRC-32 value is in the range of a 32-bit unsigned integer. + If buf is Z_NULL, this function returns the required initial value for the + crc. Pre- and post-conditioning (one's complement) is performed within this + function so it shouldn't be done by the application. Usage example: |