From ff306ae2f62b3ecd8222771ff99e4642a1f266f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yann Collet Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 15:34:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] clarification dictionary format --- zstd_compression_format.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/zstd_compression_format.md b/zstd_compression_format.md index d7f21939..9d27f6cd 100644 --- a/zstd_compression_format.md +++ b/zstd_compression_format.md @@ -1156,6 +1156,7 @@ __`Entropy_Tables`__ : following the same format as a [compressed blocks]. FSE table for match lengths, and FSE table for literals lengths. It's finally followed by 3 offset values, populating recent offsets, stored in order, 4-bytes little-endian each, for a total of 12 bytes. + Each recent offset must have a value < dictionary size. __`Content`__ : The rest of the dictionary is its content. The content act as a "past" in front of data to compress or decompress.