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Re: A look at some alternative PACK file encodings

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Sep 7, 2006, 09:07 UTC
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> Support for 'thin' packs would pretty much require mixing IDs and
> (relative) offsets in the same pack file.

An alternative would be to create a small "placeholder" object that just gives an ID, then refer to it by offset.

That would avoid the need for an id/offset bit with every offset, and possibly save more space if the same object was referenced multiple times.

And it just seems simpler.
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