The lookup table here would be indexed by a fixed number of lookahead bits, so it for example would duplicate shorter codes and put longer codes into side tables. So a tree structure, either represented as an array or a pointer-chasing structure would be much simpler.
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The lookup table here would be indexed by a fixed number of lookahead bits, so it for example would duplicate shorter codes and put longer codes into side tables. So a tree structure, either represented as an array or a pointer-chasing structure would be much simpler.