* The maximum permissible match length at this position.
* @nice_len
* Stop searching if a match of at least this length is found.
+ * Must be <= @max_len.
* @max_search_depth
- * Limit on the number of potential matches to consider.
+ * Limit on the number of potential matches to consider. Must be >= 1.
* @next_hash
* Pointer to the hash code for the current sequence, which was computed
* one position in advance so that the binary tree root could be