[vorbis-dev] lacing values clarifications

[Michael Smith]

> >   i.e. is it safe to assume that the number of lacing values in the
> > header will be equal to the number of values in the segment_table?
>
> As the spec says, this field is "[t]he number of segment entries to
> appear in the segment table". The zero termination is just a bit of
> redundency  for error detection, of if you prefer an esthetic
> consistency.

Err... no it isn't. The zero termination is the only possible way (given how 
the lengths are encoded) to specify a packet length which is a multiple of 
255.

<p>Mike

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