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ReaperOfVeriod 5df3914160 Record an unresolved discrepancy in the SBlk record size
Range measured: level 0 SBlk, 24..19508, 19484 bytes.

The 0x7f/0x47f marker words sit at 12-byte spacing on 144 of roughly 180
occurrences, with 24-byte and larger gaps accounting for the rest. So there is
a 12-byte structure.

That contradicts the autocorrelation. If records were 12 bytes, stride 12
should peak, and it does not:

  stride 12   +0.237
  stride 20   +0.175
  stride 24   +0.237
  stride 40   +0.454
  stride 48   +0.239

40 is not a multiple of 12, so the measurements disagree rather than one
explaining the other. Recorded as open rather than resolved in favour of
either: the marker spacing says 12, the period says 40, and 40 being twice as
strong is the more surprising of the two.

Worth resolving before attempting a record layout, because a layout built on
the wrong one will parse plausibly and be wrong.
2026-10-11 04:06:31 +02:00
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