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@@ -159,11 +159,15 @@ Byte sequences
distance = 16384 + (H << 14) + D
state = S (copy S literals after this block)
End of stream is reached if distance == 16384
+ In version 1 only, to prevent ambiguity with the RLE case when
+ ((distance & 0x803f) == 0x803f) && (261 <= length <= 264), the
+ compressor must not emit block copies where distance and length
+ meet these conditions.
In version 1 only, this instruction is also used to encode a run of
- zeros if distance = 0xbfff, i.e. H = 1 and the D bits are all 1.
+ zeros if distance = 0xbfff, i.e. H = 1 and the D bits are all 1.
In this case, it is followed by a fourth byte, X.
- run length = ((X << 3) | (0 0 0 0 0 L L L)) + 4.
+ run length = ((X << 3) | (0 0 0 0 0 L L L)) + 4
0 0 1 L L L L L (32..63)
Copy of small block within 16kB distance (preferably less than 34B)