Module end_of_index_entry

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Constants§

MIN_SIZE: The minimal size of the extension, depending on the shortest hash.
MIN_SIZE_WITH_HEADER: The smallest size of the extension varying by hash kind, along with the standard extension header.
SIGNATURE: The signature of the end-of-index-entry extension

decode: Decode the end of index entry extension, which is no more than a glorified offset to the first byte of all extensions to allow loading entries and extensions in parallel.
write_to: Write this extension to out and generate a hash of hash_kind over all prior_extensions which are specified as (signature, size) pair. one_past_entries is the offset to the first byte past the entries, which is also the first byte of the signature of the first extension in prior_extensions. Note that prior_extensions must have been written prior to this one, as the name suggests, allowing this extension to be the last one in the index file.