Symbols for codes shorter than the prefix table index width are stored
in the table. All the entries in the table with an index starting with
the code are set to the symbol value. That way, when decoding it is
possible to get the number of bits corresponding to the table width from
the bitstream and directly find the symbol value. Longer code still need
to be searched for in the codes list.
All users of BitStream were in fact using a specific, hardcoded variant,
so we can hardcode that variant, removing the need for virtual calls,
and enabling inlining.
Cameron Cawley
Eugene Sandulenko
D G Turner
Bastien Bouclet
Willem Jan Palenstijn
Matthew Hoops