// deals with sparseDatas.
//
// However, the external API uses sparseHoles instead of sparseDatas because the
// zero value of sparseHoles logically represents a normal file (i.e., there are
// no holes in it). On the other hand, the zero value of sparseDatas implies
// that the file has no data in it, which is rather odd.
//
// As an example, if the underlying raw file contains the 10-byte data:
//