This functionality in this package is mostly captured in the Arena type.
Arenas allocate large chunks of memory for Go values, so they're likely to
be inefficient for allocating only small amounts of small Go values. They're
best used in bulk, on the order of MiB of memory allocated on each use.

Note that by allowing for this limited form of manual memory allocation
that use-after-free bugs are possible with regular Go values. This package

			for _, s := range spd {
				hdr.Size += s.Length
			}
			copy(blk.V7().Size(), zeroBlock[:]) // Reset field
			f.formatNumeric(blk.V7().Size(), hdr.Size)
			f.formatNumeric(blk.GNU().RealSize(), realSize)
		}
	*/
	blk.setFormat(FormatGNU)
	if err := tw.writeRawHeader(blk, hdr.Size, hdr.Typeflag); err != nil {
		return err
	}

		// Write the initial GNU header.
		var blk block
		gnu := blk.toGNU()
		sparse := gnu.sparse()
		copy(gnu.realSize(), size)
		sps = populateSparseMap(sparse, sps)
		if format != FormatUnknown {
			blk.setFormat(format)
		}
		out = append(out, blk[:]...)

		// Write extended sparse blocks.
		for len(sps) > 0 {
			var blk block
			sps = populateSparseMap(blk.toSparse(), sps)

			}
		}
		if v, ok := h.PAXRecords[paxKey]; ok && v == formatPAXTime(ts) {
			paxHdrs[paxKey] = v
		}
	}

	// Check basic fields.
	var blk block
	v7 := blk.toV7()
	ustar := blk.toUSTAR()
	gnu := blk.toGNU()
	verifyString(h.Name, len(v7.name()), "Name", paxPath)
	verifyString(h.Linkname, len(v7.linkName()), "Linkname", paxLinkpath)

	if _, err := io.ReadFull(tr.r, tr.blk[:]); err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err // EOF is okay here; exactly 0 bytes read
	}
	if bytes.Equal(tr.blk[:], zeroBlock[:]) {
		if _, err := io.ReadFull(tr.r, tr.blk[:]); err != nil {
			return nil, nil, err // EOF is okay here; exactly 1 block of zeros read
		}
		if bytes.Equal(tr.blk[:], zeroBlock[:]) {

			t.Errorf("test %d, unexpected Close error: %v", i, err)
		}

		// The prefix field should never appear in the GNU format.
		var blk block
		copy(blk[:], b.Bytes())
		prefix := string(blk.toUSTAR().prefix())
		prefix, _, _ = strings.Cut(prefix, "\x00") // Truncate at the NUL terminator
		if blk.getFormat() == FormatGNU && len(prefix) > 0 && strings.HasPrefix(name, prefix) {
			t.Errorf("test %d, found prefix in GNU format: %s", i, prefix)