This eliminates some overhead, because the compiler doesn't need to
consider these functions throwing.

Replaces decoder_data() and others.

Replaces decoder_initialized().

Prepare for a Decoder API redesign based on an abstract class with
virtual methods.

The old struct config_param remains only for top-level string options.

Reduce header dependencies.

The plugin assumes that the size is known, but does not verify it at
runtime.

Remove the "whence" parameter that is not actually necessary, and only
complicates the InputStream implementations.