func (h *headerUSTAR) prefix() []byte    { return h[345:][:155] }

type sparseArray []byte

func (s sparseArray) entry(i int) sparseElem { return sparseElem(s[i*24:]) }
func (s sparseArray) isExtended() []byte     { return s[24*s.maxEntries():][:1] }
func (s sparseArray) maxEntries() int        { return len(s) / 24 }

type sparseElem []byte

func (s sparseElem) offset() []byte { return s[00:][:12] }

					f.formatNumeric(sa.Entry(i).Offset(), sp[0].Offset)
					f.formatNumeric(sa.Entry(i).Length(), sp[0].Length)
					sp = sp[1:]
				}
				if len(sp) > 0 {
					sa.IsExtended()[0] = 1
				}
				return sp
			}
			sp2 := formatSPD(spd, blk.GNU().Sparse())
			for len(sp2) > 0 {
				var spHdr block
				sp2 = formatSPD(sp2, spHdr.Sparse())
				spb = append(spb, spHdr[:]...)

	populateSparseMap := func(sa sparseArray, sps []string) []string {
		for i := 0; len(sps) > 0 && i < sa.maxEntries(); i++ {
			copy(sa.entry(i), sps[0])
			sps = sps[1:]
		}
		if len(sps) > 0 {
			copy(sa.isExtended(), "\x80")
		}
		return sps
	}

	makeInput := func(format Format, size string, sps ...string) (out []byte) {
		// Write the initial GNU header.
		var blk block
		gnu := blk.toGNU()

			length := p.parseNumeric(s.entry(i).length())
			if p.err != nil {
				return nil, p.err
			}
			spd = append(spd, sparseEntry{Offset: offset, Length: length})
		}

		if s.isExtended()[0] > 0 {
			// There are more entries. Read an extension header and parse its entries.
			if _, err := mustReadFull(tr.r, blk[:]); err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			s = blk.toSparse()
			continue
		}