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vdelta (experimental)

Variable-precision delta encoding — like delta16/delta24, but the bit width is chosen per delta instead of being fixed for the whole stream.

Experimental

Marked experimental = 1 in algo_registry. Behavior, parameters, and on-disk encoding may change without notice. Not recommended for long-term archival.

Variant Source
vdelta16 src/algos/vdelta.c
vdelta24 src/algos/vdelta.c
  • Target stream: m/z
  • Loss: Yes — depends on per-block width selection