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+/**
+    Copyright (C) powturbo 2015-2019
+    GPL v2 License
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+    - email    : powturbo [AT] gmail.com
+    - github   : https://github.com/powturbo
+    - homepage : https://sites.google.com/site/powturbo/
+    - twitter  : https://twitter.com/powturbo
+
+    TurboRLE - "Most efficient and fastest Run Length Encoding"
+**/
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1600
+#include "vs/stdint.h"
+#else 
+#include <stdint.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+// RLE with specified escape char
+unsigned _srlec8( const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint8_t e);
+unsigned _srled8( const unsigned char *__restrict in,                 unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint8_t e);
+
+unsigned _srlec16(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint16_t e);
+unsigned _srled16(const unsigned char *__restrict in,                 unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint16_t e);
+
+unsigned _srlec32(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint32_t e);
+unsigned _srled32(const unsigned char *__restrict in,                 unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint32_t e);
+
+unsigned _srlec64(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint64_t e);
+unsigned _srled64(const unsigned char *__restrict in,                 unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint64_t e);
+
+// functions w/ overflow handling
+unsigned  srlec8( const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint8_t e);
+unsigned  srled8( const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint8_t e);
+
+unsigned  srlec16(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint16_t e);
+unsigned  srled16(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint16_t e);
+
+unsigned  srlec32(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint32_t e);
+unsigned  srled32(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint32_t e);
+
+unsigned  srlec64(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, uint64_t e);
+unsigned  srled64(const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen, uint64_t e);
+
+// RLE w. automatic escape char determination
+unsigned  srlec(  const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out);
+unsigned _srled(  const unsigned char *__restrict in,                 unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen);
+unsigned  srled(  const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen);
+
+// Turbo RLE
+unsigned  trlec(  const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out);
+unsigned _trled(  const unsigned char *__restrict in,                 unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen);
+unsigned  trled(  const unsigned char *__restrict in, unsigned inlen, unsigned char *__restrict out, unsigned outlen);
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif