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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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