xz: add a comment about using uint32_t as vli_type
Signed-off-by: Lasse Collin <lasse.collin@tukaani.org> Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
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#define FOOTER_MAGIC_SIZE 2
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/*
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* Variable-length integer can hold a 63-bit unsigned integer, or a special
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* value to indicate that the value is unknown.
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* Variable-length integer can hold a 63-bit unsigned integer or a special
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* value indicating that the value is unknown.
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*
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* Experimental: vli_type can be defined to uint32_t to save a few bytes
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* in code size (no effect on speed). Doing so limits the uncompressed and
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* compressed size of the file to less than 256 MiB and may also weaken
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* error detection slightly.
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*/
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typedef uint64_t vli_type;
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