Re: [PATCH 02/23] midx: add midx format details to pack-format.txt

> >> +       (C + 1) * 12 bytes providing the chunk offsets:
> >> +           First 4 bytes describe chunk id. Value 0 is a terminating label.
> >> +           Other 8 bytes provide offset in current file for chunk to start.
> >> +           (Chunks are provided in file-order, so you can infer the length
> >> +           using the next chunk position if necessary.)
> > It is so nice to have the header also have 12 bytes, so it fits right into the
> > lookup table. So an alternative point of view:
> >
> >    If a chunk needs to store more than 8 bytes, we'll have an offset after
> >    the first 4 bytes that describe the chunk, otherwise you can store the 8 bytes
> >    of information directly after the 4 bytes.
> >     "MIDX" is a special chunk and must come first (does it?) and only once
> >    as it contains the version number.
>
> This sounds feasible, but unnecessarily complicated. I don't think any
> other chunk will be this small.