WIP (do not merge): what if we went completely insane with bitmap formats #85
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executive summary: gosh, this container thing is a cool idea. What if it was RECURSIVE? What if each 16-bit space was treated as 256 8-bit spaces? Actually... that sorta works. Sorta.
note that the in-memory representation is larger than the on-disk representation. The intent here is to have a thing which is extra squished for disk storage.
On sample/test fields (where nXXX means XXX/1000 bits are set, randomly):