C library could do with a rewrite

[drinckes]

The code isn't very clear, arguments to functions aren't documented.

The function signatures are not very intuitive, I'd be ok if there was a rewrite without backward compatibility.

[shuklavk]

Does this still require assistance? Just asking because it seems like a lot of changes occurred to the c library after (May 21st) this issue was opened.

[drinckes]

Hi @shuklavk, My comment was born out of a bit of frustration :-) I think the C code isn't all that easy to follow (the analyse() method for example).

Also the maxlen argument on most of the functions seems pretty superfluous?

If you wanted to take a look at it, that'd be cool!

[fulldecent]

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