// Returns an empty int slice for cardinality < 0.
		return nil
	}

	nums := make([]int, cardinality)
	keyCrc := crc32.Checksum([]byte(key), crc32.IEEETable)

	start := int(keyCrc % uint32(cardinality))
	for i := 1; i <= cardinality; i++ {
		nums[i-1] = 1 + ((start + i) % cardinality)
	}
	return nums
}

var (
	file, object, deploymentID, prefix string
	setCount, shards                   int

			set = make(map[int][]byte)
		}
		set[idx] = b
		parityData[data] = set

		// Combine
		start := len(b) * idx
		if start >= len(mapped) {
			continue
		}
		copy(mapped[start:], b)
		for j := range b {
			if j+start >= len(filled) {
				break
			}
			filled[j+start] = 1
		}
	}

	lastValid := 0
	missing := 0
	for i := range filled {
		if filled[i] == 1 {