> Offset Length Description > 0 1 Magic Cookie (0x013155a1) > 1 n Data > n+1 m Directory Table > m+n+1 1 Offset of beginning of directory table (i.e. n+1) I think we need a version right after cookie for long term compatibility. > The directory is after the data so offsets can be determined as the data > is written. The directory offset is at the very end, so it can be > determined before the directory is written, and easily found by loaders. Having the directory at the end may not be a good choice. It requires to load everything into memory before parsing. If the directory is in the front, we can do stream-parsing. Hong
