The dc_parser_set_data() function allows to re-use a parser object for
multiple dives. The advantages of this feature are actually very limited
in practice. The reduction in memory consumption is almost negligible,
because the amount of internal state in the parser is typically very
small. But the implementation requires some additional complexity
because each backend needs code to reset its internal state. Therefore,
the function is removed and the data and size needs to be passed
directly to the dc_parser_new() and dc_parser_new2() functions instead.
Because keeping a reference to the data has also caused issues in the
past, especially for applications implemented in a garbage collected
language, the data will now also get copied internally.
Because the sample struct is passed by value, the size of the structure
can't be changed without also changing the function signature and
breaking backwards compatibility. This prevents adding new fields in the
future, to support some new features.
When passing the sample struct by reference using a pointer, the size of
the pointer does always remains the same.
Some dive computers, especially freediving computers, supports multiple
samples per second. Since our smallest unit of time is one second, we
can't represent this, and the extra samples are dropped. Therefore, the
units are changed to milliseconds to prepare supporting this extra
resolution.
- Added missing man pages for the new functions.
- Updated the main libdivecomputer man page to reflect the new flow.
- Fixed minor typos in the dc_parser_get_field and
dc_parser_samples_foreach functions.
