From: linux@horizon.com Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 19:16:22 GMT Subject: Re: A look at some alternative PACK file encodings Message-ID: <20060907191622.7597.qmail@science.horizon.com> In-Reply-To: > So I don't think we would gain that much using that encoding > unless/until the pack format is made completely incompatible due to > other changes, and that's something we should try to avoid as much as > possible anyway. Ah, I'm sorry; I didn't realize that it was already used elsewhere in the pack format and this was just code re-use. That is indeed a good reason to stick with what's already there. I agree the savings are minimal, but if you're starting from scratch, they're free, so why not use them? I tried to show that the code complexity is truly negligible. I'm sorry I didn't realize the details of pack structure before.