CHANGELOG.md

• Multiple inclusion guard
• Template class can't separate declaration and definition into two files.
• Don't use using namespace std; in header files
• Don't use malloc in C++. It can't correctly handle class initialization.
• [str_dict] Add str_cache to reduce string membership check from O(n) to O(1)
• Use .tpp as extension for templates
• Use std::string and specialized std::hash<std::string> function object to replace wrapper type Bytes.
• Use int and specialized std::hash<int> function object ot replace wrapper type Code.
• Use std::unordered_map to replace self-made dict data structure.
• Use std::set to replace self-made set data structure.
• Use std::hash
• Outdo lzw_example_win.exe
• Out-of-source build
• Build static library: liblzw.a
• Improve CLI interface to be more user-friendly and intuitive.
• Write README. Elaborate on algorithmic details. Elaborate on analysis of computational complexity.
• Add git tag "submission milestone"
• Customize commit hook: process README.raw.md to README.md with all latex equation transformed to images.
• Add Travis CI pipeline. Automatically compile and test.
• Create script to replace LaTeX math text with image url. For render in GitHub.
• Release prebuild binary (static library, cli executable) and version-tagged source tarball.
• Push to GitHub upstream.
• Remove sensitive information. The first commit.
• Add unit test for bitmap data structure.
• Add GitHub badge about release version.
• Utilize Makefile syntax (order-only prerequisites) to specify that some directory need to pre-exist
• In pre-commit hook script, re-generate README TOC and insert.