Maybe, but I often see 40GB or more which are written to the tape, so
I don't think it's quite that simple.

Jon LaBadie <jon AT jgcomp DOT com> writes:

>
> Probably an overflow condition where numbers keep adding to the max an integer
> can hold and you are seeing what is left over.  Like the odometer rolling 
> over.
>
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