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.
The getopt function is defined in the unistd.h header file. This header
file is only available on posix compatible systems. For example, on
Windows it's not available when building without mingw.
Setting a default transport type avoids the need to explicitely set a
transport using the the new --transport command-line option. This also
preserves backwards compatibility with previous versions where the
option didn't exist yet.
The dctool example application is updated to the latest changes:
- The I/O stream is opened and closed by the application.
- A new (mandatory) option is added to select the desired transport
type. This is nessecary because several dive computers support
multiple transport types now.
Currently the dive computer backends are responsible for opening (and
closing) the underlying I/O stream internally. The consequence is that
each backend is hardwired to a specific transport type (e.g. serial,
irda or usbhid). In order to remove this dependency and support more
than one transport type in the same backend, the opening (and closing)
of the I/O stream is moved to the application.
The dc_device_open() function is modified to accept a pointer to the I/O
stream, instead of a string with the device node (which only makes sense
for serial communication). The dive computer backends only depend on the
common I/O interface.
Libdivecomputer always uses metric units internally. But when reverse
engineering a device that stores everything using imperial units, it's
very convenient to be able to switch the output to imperial units too.
The existing output code is removed and replaced with the new XML and
RAW output formats. The desired output format can be selected with a new
command-line option. The XML format remains the default output format.
