type ErasureAlgo uint8

// List of currently supported erasure coding algorithms
const (
	invalidErasureAlgo ErasureAlgo = 0
	ReedSolomon        ErasureAlgo = 1
	lastErasureAlgo    ErasureAlgo = 2
)

func (e ErasureAlgo) valid() bool {
	return e > invalidErasureAlgo && e < lastErasureAlgo
}

// ChecksumAlgo defines common type of different checksum algorithms
type ChecksumAlgo uint8