kjn / lbzip2

Parallel bzip2 utility
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Don't exceed 18002 selectors #18

Closed kjn closed 5 years ago

kjn commented 7 years ago

It would be better not to abuse bzip2 bug that makes it accept more than 18002 selectors. Extra padding bits (max 7) can be added eg. with suboptimal tree descriptors (even number of bits) and up to one dummy selector.