This page documents advanced build options. Most typical applications need not worry about these options.
Introspection
OpenZL allows the option of attaching code hooks at specified places in the engine execution flow. This is termed "introspection" and is a powerful feature that enables other important tools. However, you may decide it undesirable to allow arbitrary code execution in, for example, a production environment. Hence, it is a togglable feature.
Note
Compression traces and training both rely on introspection. Disabling introspection will cause both of these features to break.
Introspection is conditionally compiled based on the OPENZL_ALLOW_INTROSPECTION CMake option. By default, this option is ON, but you may disable it with