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For compression efficiency, it makes sense to have one large common dictionary. For compression speed, it is easier to have a dictionary per chunk. I still hope they use the common dictionary; if so, any change in the beginning likely affects further parts if it affects the dictionary and thus the way how the later parts are compressed. Same for farther parts affecting the way earlier parts are compressed.


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