What's Changed

• Deprecate Go 1.21 and add 1.24 by @klauspost in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1055
• Add unsafe little endian loaders by @klauspost in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1036
• fix: check r.err != nil but return a nil value error err by @alingse in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1028
• refactor: use built-in min function by @Juneezee in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1038
• zstd: use slices.Max for max value in slice by @Juneezee in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1041
• flate: Simplify L4-6 loading by @klauspost in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1043
• flate: Simplify matchlen (remove asm) by @klauspost in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1045
• s2: Add block decode fuzzer by @klauspost in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1044
• s2: Improve small block compression speed w/o asm by @klauspost in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1048
• flate: Fix matchlen L5+L6 by @klauspost in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1049
• flate: Cleanup & reduce casts by @klauspost in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1050

New Contributors

• @tcpdumppy made their first contribution in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1021
• @sam9291 made their first contribution in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1022
• @dezza made their first contribution in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1023
• @alingse made their first contribution in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1028
• @hyunsooda made their first contribution in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1031
• @Juneezee made their first contribution in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1038
• @Bbulatov made their first contribution in https://github.com/klauspost/compress/pull/1052

Full Changelog: https://github.com/klauspost/compress/compare/v1.17.11...v1.18.0