In case the image is read via a tiff.buffer, avoid copying the
data strip before decoding it. Remove corresponding TODO.
Speeds up reading uncompressed images (which is the common case)
and uses much less memory.
benchmark old ns/op new ns/op delta
BenchmarkDecodeCompressed 4619438 4630774 +0.25%
BenchmarkDecodeUncompressed 260809 219875 -15.70%
R=nigeltao
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5683050
Manual edits to README.
Moved from main Go repository, deleted Makefiles.
Tested with go test code.google.com/p/go.image/...
Fixesgolang/go#2797.
R=rsc, rsc, r
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5593053