}
		pre = cur
	}
	return true
}

// alignSparseEntries mutates src and returns dst where each fragment's
// starting offset is aligned up to the nearest block edge, and each
// ending offset is aligned down to the nearest block edge.
//
// Even though the Go tar Reader and the BSD tar utility can handle entries
// with arbitrary offsets and lengths, the GNU tar utility can only handle

	// 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.

would never access <code>*p</code> or <code>*q</code>, but the rewritten program would.
And if the call contained synchronizing operations, then the original program
could establish happens before edges preceding the accesses
to <code>*p</code> and <code>*q</code>, but the rewritten program would not.
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<p>
Not allowing a single read to observe multiple values means