From: linux@horizon.com
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:07:56 GMT
Subject: Re: A look at some alternative PACK file encodings
Message-ID: <20060907090756.30111.qmail@science.horizon.com>

> 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.