2.3.2.3 Aligned Offset Block

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An aligned offset block is identical to the verbatim block except for the presence of the aligned offset tree preceding the other trees.

Entry

Comments

Size

Aligned offset tree

8 elements, 3 bits each

24 bits

Pretree for first 256 elements of main tree

20 elements, 4 bits each

80 bits

Path lengths of first 256 elements of main tree

Encoded using pretree

Variable

Pretree for remainder of main tree

20 elements, 4 bits each

80 bits

Path lengths of remaining elements of main tree

Encoded using pretree

Variable

Pretree for length tree

20 elements, 4 bits each

80 bits

Path lengths of elements in length tree

Encoded using pretree

Variable

Token sequence (matches and literals)

Specified in section 2.6

Variable