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A thought just occurred to me: would writing header keys in alphabetical order help with compression?

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A thought just occurred to me: would writing header keys in alphabetical order help with compression?

Originally posted by @yzqzss in https://github.com/internetarchive/gowarc/pull/203#discussion_r3487390768

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No file, test, or entry point is named. The issue asks whether alphabetical header-key ordering improves compression; first locate the WARC header serialization path and establish a benchmark. Done is not specified beyond determining whether ordering provides a measurable benefit.

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Tech stack
go
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
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Newbie friendliness
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