[pdal-commits] [PDAL/PDAL] b50b29: Improved performance for las point unpacking

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  Branch: refs/heads/las-unpack-perf
  Home:   https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL
  Commit: b50b29845f37536fd0fb074a23d69c16b77e9fe6
      https://github.com/PDAL/PDAL/commit/b50b29845f37536fd0fb074a23d69c16b77e9fe6
  Author: Chris Foster <chris42f at gmail.com>
  Date:   2015-01-24 (Sat, 24 Jan 2015)

  Changed paths:
    M io/las/LasReader.cpp

  Log Message:
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  Improved performance for las point unpacking

Using the standard streams for binary unpacking of a single las point
results in a pretty large performance hit.  This simple proof of concept
shows how much of a hit it is (approximately 2x!).