Eliminate some unnecessary comparisons by making the position in the
index signed, and treating any negative value as not found, not just
((uint16_t)-1). Also, decrease HEATSHRINK_MAX_WINDOW_BITS to 15, so
index values with the highest bit set can be used as working space
for index optimization on the fly (some day).

Use 'if length >= 3' instead of 'length > 2' for the break even point,
sinec it makes the intent clearer, and pull the comparison outside of
the inner loop.

Increase HEATSHRINK_MIN_LOOKAHEAD_BITS to 2, since -l 1 won't compress.
Also, eliminate the corresponding MAX #define, since it has to be <= the
window size anyway.

Use a separate *pt == *pt2 instead of pt[0] == pt2[0] for comparison of the
leading byte, which should allow for better branch prediction.

Eliminate 'needle_index' in the inner loop -- it's only aliasing 'end'.

Also, add comments about the indexing strategy.