static void *stbi__tga_load(stbi__context *s, int *x, int *y, int *comp, int req_comp, stbi__result_info *ri)
{
   //   read in the TGA header stuff
   int tga_offset = stbi__get8(s);
   int tga_indexed = stbi__get8(s);
   int tga_image_type = stbi__get8(s);
   int tga_is_RLE = 0;
   int tga_palette_start = stbi__get16le(s);
   int tga_palette_len = stbi__get16le(s);
   int tga_palette_bits = stbi__get8(s);
   int tga_x_origin = stbi__get16le(s);
   int tga_y_origin = stbi__get16le(s);
   int tga_width = stbi__get16le(s);
   int tga_height = stbi__get16le(s);
   int tga_bits_per_pixel = stbi__get8(s);
   int tga_comp, tga_rgb16=0;
   int tga_inverted = stbi__get8(s);
   // int tga_alpha_bits = tga_inverted & 15; // the 4 lowest bits - unused (useless?)
   //   image data
   unsigned char *tga_data;
   unsigned char *tga_palette = NULL;
   int i, j;
   unsigned char raw_data[4] = {0};
   int RLE_count = 0;
   int RLE_repeating = 0;
   int read_next_pixel = 1;
   STBI_NOTUSED(ri);
   STBI_NOTUSED(tga_x_origin); // @TODO
   STBI_NOTUSED(tga_y_origin); // @TODO

   if (tga_height > STBI_MAX_DIMENSIONS) return stbi__errpuc("too large","Very large image (corrupt?)");
   if (tga_width > STBI_MAX_DIMENSIONS) return stbi__errpuc("too large","Very large image (corrupt?)");

   //   do a tiny bit of precessing
   if ( tga_image_type >= 8 )
   {
      tga_image_type -= 8;
      tga_is_RLE = 1;
   }
   tga_inverted = 1 - ((tga_inverted >> 5) & 1);

   //   If I'm paletted, then I'll use the number of bits from the palette
   if ( tga_indexed ) tga_comp = stbi__tga_get_comp(tga_palette_bits, 0, &tga_rgb16);
   else tga_comp = stbi__tga_get_comp(tga_bits_per_pixel, (tga_image_type == 3), &tga_rgb16);

   if(!tga_comp) // shouldn't really happen, stbi__tga_test() should have ensured basic consistency
      return stbi__errpuc("bad format", "Can't find out TGA pixelformat");

   //   tga info
   *x = tga_width;
   *y = tga_height;
   if (comp) *comp = tga_comp;

   if (!stbi__mad3sizes_valid(tga_width, tga_height, tga_comp, 0))
      return stbi__errpuc("too large", "Corrupt TGA");

   tga_data = (unsigned char*)stbi__malloc_mad3(tga_width, tga_height, tga_comp, 0);
   if (!tga_data) return stbi__errpuc("outofmem", "Out of memory");

   // skip to the data's starting position (offset usually = 0)
   stbi__skip(s, tga_offset );

   if ( !tga_indexed && !tga_is_RLE && !tga_rgb16 ) {
      for (i=0; i < tga_height; ++i) {
         int row = tga_inverted ? tga_height -i - 1 : i;
         stbi_uc *tga_row = tga_data + row*tga_width*tga_comp;
         stbi__getn(s, tga_row, tga_width * tga_comp);
      }
   } else  {
      //   do I need to load a palette?
      if ( tga_indexed)
      {
         if (tga_palette_len == 0) {  /* you have to have at least one entry! */
            STBI_FREE(tga_data);
            return stbi__errpuc("bad palette", "Corrupt TGA");
         }

         //   any data to skip? (offset usually = 0)
         stbi__skip(s, tga_palette_start );
         //   load the palette
         tga_palette = (unsigned char*)stbi__malloc_mad2(tga_palette_len, tga_comp, 0);
         if (!tga_palette) {
            STBI_FREE(tga_data);
            return stbi__errpuc("outofmem", "Out of memory");
         }
         if (tga_rgb16) {
            stbi_uc *pal_entry = tga_palette;
            STBI_ASSERT(tga_comp == STBI_rgb);
            for (i=0; i < tga_palette_len; ++i) {
               stbi__tga_read_rgb16(s, pal_entry);
               pal_entry += tga_comp;
            }
         } else if (!stbi__getn(s, tga_palette, tga_palette_len * tga_comp)) {
               STBI_FREE(tga_data);
               STBI_FREE(tga_palette);
               return stbi__errpuc("bad palette", "Corrupt TGA");
         }
      }
      //   load the data
      for (i=0; i < tga_width * tga_height; ++i)
      {
         //   if I'm in RLE mode, do I need to get a RLE stbi__pngchunk?
         if ( tga_is_RLE )
         {
            if ( RLE_count == 0 )
            {
               //   yep, get the next byte as a RLE command
               int RLE_cmd = stbi__get8(s);
               RLE_count = 1 + (RLE_cmd & 127);
               RLE_repeating = RLE_cmd >> 7;
               read_next_pixel = 1;
            } else if ( !RLE_repeating )
            {
               read_next_pixel = 1;
            }
         } else
         {
            read_next_pixel = 1;
         }
         //   OK, if I need to read a pixel, do it now
         if ( read_next_pixel )
         {
            //   load however much data we did have
            if ( tga_indexed )
            {
               // read in index, then perform the lookup
               int pal_idx = (tga_bits_per_pixel == 8) ? stbi__get8(s) : stbi__get16le(s);
               if ( pal_idx >= tga_palette_len ) {
                  // invalid index
                  pal_idx = 0;
               }
               pal_idx *= tga_comp;
               for (j = 0; j < tga_comp; ++j) {
                  raw_data[j] = tga_palette[pal_idx+j];
               }
            } else if(tga_rgb16) {
               STBI_ASSERT(tga_comp == STBI_rgb);
               stbi__tga_read_rgb16(s, raw_data);
            } else {
               //   read in the data raw
               for (j = 0; j < tga_comp; ++j) {
                  raw_data[j] = stbi__get8(s);
               }
            }
            //   clear the reading flag for the next pixel
            read_next_pixel = 0;
         } // end of reading a pixel

         // copy data
         for (j = 0; j < tga_comp; ++j)
           tga_data[i*tga_comp+j] = raw_data[j];

         //   in case we're in RLE mode, keep counting down
         --RLE_count;
      }
      //   do I need to invert the image?
      if ( tga_inverted )
      {
         for (j = 0; j*2 < tga_height; ++j)
         {
            int index1 = j * tga_width * tga_comp;
            int index2 = (tga_height - 1 - j) * tga_width * tga_comp;
            for (i = tga_width * tga_comp; i > 0; --i)
            {
               unsigned char temp = tga_data[index1];
               tga_data[index1] = tga_data[index2];
               tga_data[index2] = temp;
               ++index1;
               ++index2;
            }
         }
      }
      //   clear my palette, if I had one
      if ( tga_palette != NULL )
      {
         STBI_FREE( tga_palette );
      }
   }

   // swap RGB - if the source data was RGB16, it already is in the right order
   if (tga_comp >= 3 && !tga_rgb16)
   {
      unsigned char* tga_pixel = tga_data;
      for (i=0; i < tga_width * tga_height; ++i)
      {
         unsigned char temp = tga_pixel[0];
         tga_pixel[0] = tga_pixel[2];
         tga_pixel[2] = temp;
         tga_pixel += tga_comp;
      }
   }

   // convert to target component count
   if (req_comp && req_comp != tga_comp)
      tga_data = stbi__convert_format(tga_data, tga_comp, req_comp, tga_width, tga_height);

   //   the things I do to get rid of an error message, and yet keep
   //   Microsoft's C compilers happy... [8^(
   tga_palette_start = tga_palette_len = tga_palette_bits =
         tga_x_origin = tga_y_origin = 0;
   STBI_NOTUSED(tga_palette_start);
   //   OK, done
   return tga_data;
}