Encoder compression-ratio improvements (lzma/lz4/zstd/bzip2/brotli)

CHANGELOG.md

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 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Performance
+
+- **Encoder compression-ratio improvements** across the high-effort formats
+  (encoder-only; decoders unchanged, and every format's output still decodes
+  byte-for-byte with its reference tool — `xz`/`lzma`/`zstd`/`brotli`/`bzip2`/
+  `lz4 -d`). Measured on a 2.9 MB real-source corpus, our max level vs the
+  reference's max level (`ours/ref`, lower is better):
+  - **bzip2**: 1.07 → **1.00** — the encoder was building a single Huffman
+    table and pinning all selectors to 0; now does the reference's up-to-6
+    tables with 4 refinement passes (`sendMTFValues`) + depth-aware code
+    lengths + post-RLE1 block sizing. Output is byte-identical to `bzip2 -9`.
+  - **lzma**: 1.57 → **1.07** — cost-based optimal parse (LZMA-SDK-style
+    price model + DP over literals/matches/rep-matches) replacing the greedy
+    parse. `.lzma` is now near parity with `xz -9`.
+  - **lz4**: 1.53 → **1.18** — new HC (hash-chain + lazy) and price-based
+    optimal parse tiers wired to the level knob (`-l 9` does HC, `-l 12`
+    optimal); the fast low levels are unchanged. Also fixed a latent
+    conformance bug where a match could start in the final 12 bytes of a block
+    (rejected by strict `lz4 -d`).
+  - **zstd**: 1.49 → **1.40** — literals were always falling back to a raw
+    (un-entropy-coded) block because the Huffman-weight writer capped at 128
+    symbols; added FSE-compressed weights, plus a price-based optimal parse and
+    repeat-offset preference at high levels.
+  - **xz / lzma2**: 1.60 → **1.51** — benefits from the shared LZMA optimal
+    parse; the remaining gap is the 64 KiB per-chunk dictionary/model reset
+    framing, not the parse.
+  - **brotli**: 1.50 → **1.48** — literal context modeling (multi-tree context
+    map), cost-aware match selection, and repeat-distance preference.
+  - **deflate/zlib/gzip** (≈1.01 vs `gzip -9`) and **lzw** were already at
+    parity and are unchanged.
+
 ### Added
 
 - **Raw LZMA2 encoder** (`lzma2`): `compcol::lzma2::Lzma2` now encodes as well

src/brotli/encoder_ctx.rs

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+//! Literal context modeling for the brotli encoder (RFC 7932 §7.1).
+//!
+//! The decoder selects a literal Huffman tree per byte using a context
+//! id derived from the two previous output bytes (`literal_context`),
+//! then maps `context_id` → tree index through the literal context map
+//! `cmapl`. The base encoder declared a single literal tree (NTREESL=1),
+//! leaving the whole context-modeling lever on the table.
+//!
+//! This module builds, for one meta-block:
+//!   1. a per-context literal histogram (64 contexts × 256 symbols),
+//!   2. a clustering of those 64 contexts into a small number of trees
+//!      (agglomerative, merging contexts whose distributions are close),
+//!   3. the resulting context map `cmapl[0..64]` (tree index per context).
+//!
+//! The encoder picks the UTF8 context mode — the same default the
+//! reference uses for text — and emits the map plus one literal tree per
+//! cluster. Everything stays spec-compliant; only encoder choices change.
+
+use alloc::vec::Vec;
+
+use super::context::{self, ContextMode};
+
+/// Number of literal contexts (context id ∈ 0..=63).
+pub(crate) const NUM_CONTEXTS: usize = 64;
+
+/// Upper bound on the number of literal trees we will emit. More trees
+/// model the input more tightly but cost a full prefix-code header each;
+/// 16 is a good balance and keeps the context-map alphabet small.
+pub(crate) const MAX_LITERAL_TREES: usize = 16;
+
+/// Context modes the encoder evaluates per meta-block, picking the one
+/// with the lowest estimated total cost. UTF8 distinguishes UTF8 byte
+/// classes (good for mixed/multibyte text); MSB6/LSB6 split on the high
+/// or low six bits of the previous byte and give near-order-1 separation
+/// on ASCII text and source code — which UTF8 collapses into a couple of
+/// buckets. Signed helps numeric/binary-ish data.
+pub(crate) const CANDIDATE_MODES: [ContextMode; 4] = [
+    ContextMode::Utf8,
+    ContextMode::Msb6,
+    ContextMode::Lsb6,
+    ContextMode::Signed,
+];
+
+/// Per-context literal histograms plus the cluster assignment.
+pub(crate) struct LiteralContextModel {
+    /// The context mode this model was built for.
+    pub mode: ContextMode,
+    /// `histograms[c][b]` = count of literal byte `b` under context `c`,
+    /// folded across clusters after merging (so a cluster's representative
+    /// context carries the merged histogram). Only used to derive per-tree
+    /// frequencies, which are reconstructed by the caller from `cmap`, so
+    /// the post-merge layout does not matter to correctness.
+    pub histograms: Vec<[u32; 256]>,
+    /// `cmap[c]` = tree index assigned to context `c` (0..num_trees).
+    pub cmap: Vec<u8>,
+    /// Number of distinct trees actually used.
+    pub num_trees: u32,
+    /// Estimated encoded cost of the literals under this model, in bits
+    /// (data + a rough per-tree header allowance). Used to compare modes.
+    pub est_cost_bits: u64,
+}
+
+/// Shannon-style bit cost of a histogram: `Σ count·log2(total/count)`.
+/// Returned in fixed-point (bits × 256) to stay in integer arithmetic
+/// (this is a no_std crate; `f64::log2` is unavailable without `std`).
+fn histogram_bits(hist: &[u32; 256], total: u32) -> u64 {
+    if total == 0 {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    let log_total = log2_fixed(total as u64);
+    let mut bits: u64 = 0;
+    for &c in hist.iter() {
+        if c != 0 {
+            // count * (log2(total) - log2(count))
+            bits += (c as u64) * (log_total - log2_fixed(c as u64));
+        }
+    }
+    bits
+}
+
+/// `log2(x) * 256` for `x ≥ 1`, integer math. Combines an integer
+/// floor-log2 with a small fractional interpolation table.
+fn log2_fixed(x: u64) -> u64 {
+    debug_assert!(x >= 1);
+    if x == 1 {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    let floor = 63 - x.leading_zeros() as u64; // floor(log2(x))
+    // Fractional part via linear interpolation between 2^floor and
+    // 2^(floor+1). frac = (x - 2^floor) / 2^floor, scaled to 0..256.
+    let base = 1u64 << floor;
+    let frac = ((x - base) << 8) / base; // 0..256
+    floor * 256 + frac
+}
+
+/// Combined bit cost of two histograms merged into one.
+fn merged_bits(a: &[u32; 256], at: u32, b: &[u32; 256], bt: u32) -> u64 {
+    let total = at + bt;
+    if total == 0 {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    let log_total = log2_fixed(total as u64);
+    let mut bits: u64 = 0;
+    for i in 0..256 {
+        let c = a[i] + b[i];
+        if c != 0 {
+            bits += (c as u64) * (log_total - log2_fixed(c as u64));
+        }
+    }
+    bits
+}
+
+/// Rough fixed-point (bits×256) allowance for one literal prefix-code
+/// header (256-symbol complex code) plus its share of the context map.
+/// Used both as the merge "bonus" and in the cross-mode cost estimate so
+/// the two stay consistent.
+const HEADER_COST_BITS: u64 = 140 * 256;
+
+/// Cluster the per-context histograms (already tallied for `mode`) into
+/// at most `max_trees` literal trees, then estimate the model's total
+/// encoded cost so the caller can compare context modes.
+///
+/// The histograms are tallied over exactly the literal bytes the encoder
+/// will emit (see `build_literal_context_model` in `mod.rs`). The merge
+/// is agglomerative: repeatedly fuse the pair of clusters whose union
+/// costs the fewest extra data bits, charging each surviving cluster a
+/// fixed header allowance so similar contexts coalesce.
+pub(crate) fn cluster(
+    mode: ContextMode,
+    mut histograms: Vec<[u32; 256]>,
+    max_trees: usize,
+) -> LiteralContextModel {
+    debug_assert_eq!(histograms.len(), NUM_CONTEXTS);
+
+    // Per-context totals.
+    let mut totals: Vec<u32> = histograms.iter().map(|h| h.iter().sum::<u32>()).collect();
+
+    // Cluster id per context.
+    let mut cluster_of: Vec<i32> = (0..NUM_CONTEXTS as i32).collect();
+
+    // Active cluster set: start with one cluster per non-empty context.
+    let mut active: Vec<usize> = (0..NUM_CONTEXTS).filter(|&c| totals[c] > 0).collect();
+
+    if active.is_empty() {
+        return LiteralContextModel {
+            mode,
+            histograms,
+            cmap: alloc::vec![0u8; NUM_CONTEXTS],
+            num_trees: 1,
+            est_cost_bits: 0,
+        };
+    }
+
+    // Park empty contexts onto the first active cluster.
+    let first_active = active[0];
+    for c in 0..NUM_CONTEXTS {
+        if totals[c] == 0 {
+            cluster_of[c] = first_active as i32;
+        }
+    }
+
+    while active.len() > 1 {
+        let force = active.len() > max_trees;
+        let mut best_i = 0usize;
+        let mut best_j = 0usize;
+        let mut best_delta: i64 = i64::MAX;
+        for ai in 0..active.len() {
+            for aj in (ai + 1)..active.len() {
+                let ci = active[ai];
+                let cj = active[aj];
+                let bi = histogram_bits(&histograms[ci], totals[ci]);
+                let bj = histogram_bits(&histograms[cj], totals[cj]);
+                let bm = merged_bits(&histograms[ci], totals[ci], &histograms[cj], totals[cj]);
+                // Merging trades a header allowance against extra data bits.
+                let delta = bm as i64 - bi as i64 - bj as i64 - HEADER_COST_BITS as i64;
+                if delta < best_delta {
+                    best_delta = delta;
+                    best_i = ai;
+                    best_j = aj;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // Stop when not forced and the cheapest merge is a net loss.
+        if !force && best_delta > 0 {
+            break;
+        }
+        let ci = active[best_i];
+        let cj = active[best_j];
+        let src = histograms[cj];
+        for (dst, s) in histograms[ci].iter_mut().zip(src.iter()) {
+            *dst += *s;
+        }
+        totals[ci] += totals[cj];
+        for slot in cluster_of.iter_mut() {
+            if *slot == cj as i32 {
+                *slot = ci as i32;
+            }
+        }
+        active.swap_remove(best_j);
+    }
+
+    // Compress cluster ids to a dense 0..num_trees range.
+    let mut remap = alloc::vec![-1i32; NUM_CONTEXTS];
+    let mut next = 0u8;
+    let mut cmap = alloc::vec![0u8; NUM_CONTEXTS];
+    for c in 0..NUM_CONTEXTS {
+        let cl = cluster_of[c] as usize;
+        if remap[cl] < 0 {
+            remap[cl] = next as i32;
+            next += 1;
+        }
+        cmap[c] = remap[cl] as u8;
+    }
+    let num_trees = next.max(1) as u32;
+
+    // Estimate total cost: data bits across surviving clusters + a header
+    // allowance per tree. `active` now holds the surviving cluster reps.
+    let mut data_bits: u64 = 0;
+    for &ci in &active {
+        data_bits += histogram_bits(&histograms[ci], totals[ci]);
+    }
+    let est_cost_bits = data_bits / 256 + num_trees as u64 * (HEADER_COST_BITS / 256);
+
+    LiteralContextModel {
+        mode,
+        histograms,
+        cmap,
+        num_trees,
+        est_cost_bits,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Compute the literal context id from the two preceding output bytes
+/// under the given mode. `prev1`/`prev2` are the bytes at `g-1`/`g-2` in
+/// the full output stream.
+#[inline]
+pub(crate) fn context_id(mode: ContextMode, prev1: u8, prev2: u8) -> u8 {
+    context::literal_context(mode, prev1, prev2)
+}