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Replaces zxc_compress_opts_t / zxc_decompress_opts_t with per-parameter setters on zxc_cctx / zxc_dctx.

Why: option structs were part of the ABI, so adding a field changed their layout. Parameters are appendable enum identifiers. Every entry point, one-shot zxc_compress() included, refuses out-of-range values instead of clamping them.

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  • zxc_{c,d}ctx_set_param / _get_param, with bounds from zxc_{c,d}param_bounds(); 0 restores the default.
  • zxc_{c,d}ctx_set_dict copies the dictionary, so the caller can free it right after the call. Also _set_progress and _reset.
  • zxc_compress(src, size, dst, cap, level). zxc_decompress() and zxc_decompress_inplace() take no options: no checksum and no dictionary without a configured context.
  • Streams take a const context. zxc_create_{c,d}ctx(void).
  • Removed: the opts structs and zxc_{compress,decompress}_opts_size().

Other:

  • All bindings migrated, with dictionary pinning dropped.
  • --bench now logs its errors.
  • docs/MIGRATION.md is the full migration guide.

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  • New Features

    • Reusable compression and decompression contexts support configurable parameters, dictionaries, checksums, and progress callbacks. Settings can be queried, reset, and reused across buffer, block, and streaming operations.
    • Go, Node.js, Python, Rust, and WebAssembly bindings support context-based configuration and parameter errors.
    • Go and Rust file operations preserve existing output files when processing fails.
  • Updates

    • One-shot compression accepts a level directly; 0 selects the default, and unsupported levels are rejected.
    • Simple decompression does not verify checksums or support dictionaries; use a configured context for these options.
    • The C API has breaking changes. See the migration guide for updated usage.

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This pull request replaces options-struct configuration with persistent compression and decompression contexts. It updates the C API, internal implementation, streaming paths, static contexts, CLI, tests, documentation, and Go, Node.js, Python, Rust, and WASM bindings.

Changes: Context-based API migration

Layer / File(s) Summary
Public API and parameter contracts
include/*, src/lib/zxc_dispatch.c, docs/*
One-shot calls use simplified signatures. Contexts expose parameter setters, getters, bounds queries, dictionary and progress setters, and reset operations. Setters reject invalid values.
Core implementation and streaming integration
src/lib/*, src/cli/main.c, contrib/*, cmake/*
Context parameters replace per-call options. Stream and push APIs use contexts as configuration. Static compression contexts receive explicit block-size and level arguments.
Bindings and validation
wrappers/*, tests/*, conformance/*
Bindings and tests configure contexts through setters. Coverage includes parameter validation, checksum and dictionary behavior, reset behavior, and context reuse. Go and Rust file APIs also manage regular-file output through temporary files and commit on success.

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  participant Caller
  participant Context
  participant Codec
  Caller->>Context: Set parameters and attach dictionary
  Caller->>Codec: Compress or decompress with context
  Codec-->>Caller: Return size or error
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  • hellobertrand/zxc#545: Updates related public API and ABI symbols as part of the SOVERSION 6 transition. PR #546 changes options-struct and context configuration APIs.
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The change is mergeable with minor follow-ups. The Go and Rust file helpers now need a writable output directory and can fail where they previously succeeded. The benchmark job builds an unpinned external branch. One source comment in the C library still describes level clamping that the code no longer performs.

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- Around line 63-67: Add cleanup to both setter-failure branches in the buffer
and reusable-context examples: free cctx and dctx in each, and also free
compressed and decompressed in the buffer example, matching the neighboring
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- Around line 66-76: Update CompressFile and DecompressFile to create and
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Comment thread docs/EXAMPLES.md
Comment on lines +63 to +67
if (zxc_cctx_set_param(cctx, ZXC_C_LEVEL, ZXC_LEVEL_DEFAULT) != ZXC_OK ||
zxc_cctx_set_param(cctx, ZXC_C_CHECKSUM, 1) != ZXC_OK) {
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Free the contexts and buffers on the setter-failure paths.

In the buffer example, Lines 63-67 return 1 after a setter refusal. At that point, cctx, dctx, compressed and decompressed are all allocated, and none of them is freed. In the reusable-context example, Lines 288-292 return 1 without freeing cctx or dctx.

The other error paths in these programs clean up before they return. Readers copy these programs, and the new setter checks are the code that teaches error handling for the context API. Use the same cleanup sequence as the neighbouring error paths.

🧹 Proposed fix
     if (zxc_cctx_set_param(cctx, ZXC_C_LEVEL, ZXC_LEVEL_DEFAULT) != ZXC_OK ||
         zxc_cctx_set_param(cctx, ZXC_C_CHECKSUM, 1) != ZXC_OK) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Bad compression parameter\n");
+        zxc_free_cctx(cctx);
+        zxc_free_dctx(dctx);
+        free(compressed);
+        free(decompressed);
         return 1;
     }
     if (zxc_cctx_set_param(cctx, ZXC_C_LEVEL, 3) != ZXC_OK ||
         zxc_cctx_set_param(cctx, ZXC_C_BLOCK_SIZE, BLOCK_SIZE) != ZXC_OK) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Bad parameter\n");
+        zxc_free_cctx(cctx);
+        zxc_free_dctx(dctx);
         return 1;
     }

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* applies to every call. The options are set on the native context at
* construction: a `level` outside 1-7 throws with `code === ERROR_BAD_LEVEL`
* (no clamping, unlike the one-shot {@link compress}). Not thread-safe;
* `close()` when done.

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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Remove the claim that the one-shot compress clamps the level.

The Cctx doc says "no clamping, unlike the one-shot {@link compress}". That statement is wrong:

  • The compress JSDoc at Line 327-328 says an out-of-range level throws ERROR_BAD_LEVEL.
  • The README says every entry point refuses rather than clamps.
  • The native Compress sets the level through SetCParam, which throws.
  • zxc.ctx.test.js expects zxc.compress(payload, { level: LEVEL_ULTRA + 1 }) to throw ERROR_BAD_LEVEL.
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- * construction: a `level` outside 1-7 throws with `code === ERROR_BAD_LEVEL`
- * (no clamping, unlike the one-shot {@link compress}). Not thread-safe;
+ * construction: a `level` outside 1-7 throws with `code === ERROR_BAD_LEVEL`
+ * (no clamping, as with the one-shot {@link compress}). Not thread-safe;
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* construction: a `level` outside 1-7 throws with `code === ERROR_BAD_LEVEL`
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* `close()` when done.
* applies to every call. The options are set on the native context at
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* (no clamping, as with the one-shot {@link compress}). Not thread-safe;
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Update the Cctx documentation to remove the false claim that one-shot compress
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- Around line 2113-2115: Update the `zxc_compress` comment to state that level 0
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`ZXC_ERROR_BAD_LEVEL`; remove the stale claim that out-of-range levels are
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git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/inikep/lzbench "${LZBENCH_DIR}"
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git clone -b zxc-ctx-params https://github.com/hellobertrand/lzbench "${LZBENCH_DIR}"

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Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win

Pin the lzbench source to an immutable commit.

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Comment thread src/lib/zxc_dispatch.c Outdated
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* zxc_compress_cctx(), on a context that lives for the call: 0 selects
* @ref ZXC_LEVEL_DEFAULT and a level above @ref ZXC_LEVEL_ULTRA is clamped,
* as the resolve step does for every context.

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Fix the stale comment on zxc_compress: it says out-of-range levels are clamped.

The code at Lines 2120-2121 returns ZXC_ERROR_BAD_LEVEL for any nonzero level outside 1 to 7. include/zxc_buffer.h documents the same refusal. The comment still describes the removed clamping behavior and will mislead maintainers.

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--- "a/src/lib/zxc_dispatch.c"
+++ "b/src/lib/zxc_dispatch.c"
@@ -2110,9 +2110,9 @@
  * @brief Compresses at @p level with every other parameter at its default.
  *
  * Public API; full contract in @c zxc_buffer.h. The frame walk of
- * zxc_compress_cctx(), on a context that lives for the call: 0 selects
- * @ref ZXC_LEVEL_DEFAULT and a level above @ref ZXC_LEVEL_ULTRA is clamped,
- * as the resolve step does for every context.
+ * zxc_compress_cctx(), on a context that lives for the call: 0 selects
+ * @ref ZXC_LEVEL_DEFAULT and any other level outside 1..7 is refused with
+ * @ref ZXC_ERROR_BAD_LEVEL, as zxc_cctx_set_param() refuses it.
  */
 int64_t zxc_compress(const void* RESTRICT src, const size_t src_size, void* RESTRICT dst,
                      const size_t dst_capacity, const int level) {
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* zxc_compress_cctx(), on a context that lives for the call: 0 selects
* @ref ZXC_LEVEL_DEFAULT and a level above @ref ZXC_LEVEL_ULTRA is clamped,
* as the resolve step does for every context.
* zxc_compress_cctx(), on a context that lives for the call: 0 selects
* @ref ZXC_LEVEL_DEFAULT and any other level outside 1..7 is refused with
* @ref ZXC_ERROR_BAD_LEVEL, as zxc_cctx_set_param() refuses it.
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Review comment at @src/lib/zxc_dispatch.c around lines 2113 - 2115:
Update the `zxc_compress` comment to state that level 0 selects
`ZXC_LEVEL_DEFAULT` and any other level outside 1–7 is refused with
`ZXC_ERROR_BAD_LEVEL`; remove the stale claim that out-of-range levels are
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Comment thread wrappers/go/zxc_file.go
Comment on lines +53 to +61
for {
tmp := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d-%d.zxc-tmp", path, os.Getpid(), tmpSeq.Add(1))
f, err := os.OpenFile(tmp, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL, 0o666)
if errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
continue
}
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Write in place when the temporary file cannot be created in the output directory.

Before this change, os.Create(output) needed write permission on the output file only. Now createOutput needs to create a sibling file with O_EXCL in the output's directory. If the output is writable but its directory is not, CompressFile and DecompressFile now fail where they succeeded before. This matches the Rust Output::create regression. If os.OpenFile(tmp, ...) fails with os.ErrPermission and the output already exists as a regular file, open the output with os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC. Then return &outputFile{File: f} with an empty final.

🐛 Proposed fallback
 		f, err := os.OpenFile(tmp, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL, 0o666)
 		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
 			continue
 		}
+		if errors.Is(err, os.ErrPermission) && mode != 0 {
+			// Directory not writable: fall back to the in-place write.
+			f, err = os.OpenFile(path, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			return &outputFile{File: f}, nil
+		}
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
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for {
tmp := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d-%d.zxc-tmp", path, os.Getpid(), tmpSeq.Add(1))
f, err := os.OpenFile(tmp, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL, 0o666)
if errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
continue
}
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
for {
tmp := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%d-%d.zxc-tmp", path, os.Getpid(), tmpSeq.Add(1))
f, err := os.OpenFile(tmp, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL, 0o666)
if errors.Is(err, os.ErrExist) {
continue
}
if errors.Is(err, os.ErrPermission) && mode != 0 {
// Directory not writable: fall back to the in-place write.
f, err = os.OpenFile(path, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_TRUNC, 0)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
return &outputFile{File: f}, nil
}
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
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[warning] 55-55: File mode grants world-writable permission; restrict the mode so other users cannot modify the file (e.g. 0o644 / 0o600).
Context: os.OpenFile(tmp, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL, 0o666)
Note: [CWE-276] Incorrect Default Permissions.

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Review comment at @wrappers/go/zxc_file.go around lines 53 - 61:
Update createOutput to fall back to writing in place when creating the sibling
temporary file fails with os.ErrPermission and the output already exists as a
regular file: open the output for writing with truncation and return an
outputFile with an empty final. Preserve the existing behavior for other errors
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Comment on lines +55 to +67
let (file, tmp) = loop {
let mut tmp = path.clone().into_os_string();
tmp.push(format!(
".{}-{}.zxc-tmp",
std::process::id(),
TMP_SEQ.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed)
));
match OpenOptions::new().write(true).create_new(true).open(&tmp) {
Ok(file) => break (file, PathBuf::from(tmp)),
Err(e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists => continue,
Err(e) => return Err(e),
}
};

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Write in place when the temporary file cannot be created in the output directory.

Before this change, File::create(output) needed write permission on the output file only. Now Output::create needs to create a sibling file with create_new in the output's directory. Example: the output is a writable file in a directory that the process cannot write to, such as a shared log or spool directory. In that case, compress_file and decompress_file now fail with PermissionDenied where they succeeded before. The existing output was already opened for writing at line 41. If temporary-file creation fails with PermissionDenied, keep that handle, truncate it, and write in place with pending: None. The atomic replacement remains the normal path.

🐛 Proposed fallback
-        let mode = match OpenOptions::new().write(true).open(&path) {
+        let mut existing = None;
+        let mode = match OpenOptions::new().write(true).open(&path) {
             Ok(file) => {
                 let meta = file.metadata()?;
                 if !meta.is_file() {
                     return Ok(Self {
                         file: Some(file),
                         pending: None,
                     });
                 }
-                Some(meta.permissions())
+                let perm = meta.permissions();
+                existing = Some(file);
+                Some(perm)
             }
 ...
             match OpenOptions::new().write(true).create_new(true).open(&tmp) {
                 Ok(file) => break (file, PathBuf::from(tmp)),
                 Err(e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists => continue,
+                Err(e) if e.kind() == io::ErrorKind::PermissionDenied && existing.is_some() => {
+                    let file = existing.take().unwrap();
+                    file.set_len(0)?;
+                    return Ok(Self { file: Some(file), pending: None });
+                }
                 Err(e) => return Err(e),
             }
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Review comment at @wrappers/rust/zxc/src/file.rs around lines 55 - 67:
Update Output::create so a PermissionDenied error while creating the sibling
temporary file falls back to the already-open output handle: truncate it and
return with pending set to None. Keep atomic replacement as the normal path and
preserve existing handling for other temporary-file errors.

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Replace zxc_compress_opts_t / zxc_decompress_opts_t with per-parameter setters on zxc_cctx / zxc_dctx (set_param, set_dict, set_progress).
One-shot zxc_compress() now takes a plain level; zxc_decompress() drops
its opts argument.
Updates all language wrappers, tests, docs.

Signed-off-by: Bertrand Lebonnois <[email protected]>
One-shot compress() clamped invalid levels while contexts and streams refused them, an inconsistent API. Make every entry point refuse via ERROR_BAD_LEVEL; update wrappers, docs, and tests accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Bertrand Lebonnois <[email protected]>
Document the dict API renames, size_t bounds and zxc_version_number() left out of the previous ABI-break commit, refresh the site's quickstart example for the context-based params API, and clarify that param bounds don't cover the block-size power-of-two constraint.

Also fix fuzz_dict.c: persistent cctx/dctx kept dictionary pointers into freed fuzzer input across iterations; clear them after each use.

Signed-off-by: Bertrand Lebonnois <[email protected]>
conformance and golden tests each had their own vc_recipe_t/gc_recipe_t types with identical logic.
Rename conformance/vc_recipe.h to recipe.h and align both test suites on shared recipe_t/recipe_apply/ recipe_compress names.

Signed-off-by: Bertrand Lebonnois <[email protected]>
Fuzzers used raw 0 to check setter success; use the ZXC_OK symbol for clarity and consistency with the API.

Signed-off-by: Bertrand Lebonnois <[email protected]>
Leftover call sites still used the old opts-based signatures (NULL/0 args, int64_t vs size_t comparisons). Update them to match the per-context param API, and have cparams_resolve compute level/block-size defaults directly instead of via the removed opts macros.

Signed-off-by: Bertrand Lebonnois <[email protected]>
Make the one-shot zxc_compress() refuse out-of-range levels with ZXC_ERROR_BAD_LEVEL instead of silently clamping them, matching zxc_cctx_set_param() behavior. Drop the now-unused zxc_level_clamp() helper, update docs/tests accordingly.

Also hardens the Go/Rust file pipelines: probe the existing output before creating the temp file and use a pid+counter suffix instead of a random one for atomic replacement.

Signed-off-by: Bertrand Lebonnois <[email protected]>
Benchmark setup and I/O failures previously failed silently via bare `goto bench_cleanup`, giving no clue why `--bench` aborted. Add zxc_log() messages for each failure path.

Signed-off-by: Bertrand Lebonnois <[email protected]>
Simple API now builds stack-allocated contexts directly instead of routing through the now-redundant *_params wrappers left over from the SOVERSION 6 context refactor.

Signed-off-by: Bertrand Lebonnois <[email protected]>
Temp-file creation can fail with permission denied in directories that refuse new entries but allow writes to existing files. Fall back to truncating the output in place instead of failing the whole pipeline.

Signed-off-by: Bertrand Lebonnois <[email protected]>
Dict size, block size, and level checks now live solely in the param setters, so compress/decompress paths no longer re-validate options already enforced at context configuration time. Also updates wasm/rust wrapper docs and tests to match the stricter
setter-based error reporting.

Signed-off-by: Bertrand Lebonnois <[email protected]>
Context dict setters now copy content and table instead of keeping caller pointers, so buffers can be freed right after the call. Simplifies Go/Rust/Node/Python/WASM wrappers by dropping pinning/borrowing workarounds.
Adds ZXC_ERROR_MEMORY for failed copies; refused calls keep the prior dictionary.

Signed-off-by: Bertrand Lebonnois <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Bertrand Lebonnois <[email protected]>
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hellobertrand force-pushed the refactor/api-ctx-params branch from e2660e9 to 5b1d572 Compare October 25, 2026 17:51
@hellobertrand hellobertrand changed the title refactor(api): moves compression/decompression settings from option structs to context parameters refactor(api): move settings from option structs to context parameters Oct 25, 2026
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hellobertrand merged commit 743bbcd into candidate Oct 25, 2026
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