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Re: Compression and dictionaries

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JGJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
Date
Aug 14, 2006, 17:15 UTC
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Jakub Narebski wrote:
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> David Lang wrote:
> 
>> the other factor that was mentioned was that a single-bit corruption in the 
>> dictionary would make the entire pack file useless. if this is really a concern 
>> then just store multiple copies of the dictionary. on a pack with lots of files 
>> in it it can still be a significant win.
> 
> Or use some error-correcting code for storing dictionary.
Error-correcting code?  We have sha1 hash to determine validity...
	Jeff
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  1. Jon SmirlAug 14, 2006
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  5. Alex RiesenAug 14, 2006
  6. Erik MouwAug 14, 2006
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  8. Jon SmirlAug 14, 2006
  9. Johannes SchindelinAug 14, 2006
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  11. David LangAug 14, 2006
  12. Jakub NarebskiAug 14, 2006
  13. Jeff GarzikAug 14, 2006
  14. David LangAug 14, 2006
  15. Jeff GarzikAug 14, 2006
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  17. David LangAug 14, 2006
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