// This matches the limit used by libarchive.
	maxSpecialFileSize = 1 << 20
)

// blockPadding computes the number of bytes needed to pad offset up to the
// nearest block edge where 0 <= n < blockSize.
func blockPadding(offset int64) (n int64) {
	return -offset & (blockSize - 1)
}

var zeroBlock block

type block [blockSize]byte

// Convert block to any number of formats.