2.3.2.2 Verbatim Block

The fields of a verbatim block that follow the generic block header are listed in the following table.

Entry

Comments

Size

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