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jvns · Feb 22, 2015 · af604ff · af604ff
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diff --git a/print_huffman_table.py b/print_huffman_table.py
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ def generate_codes(lengths):
             if last_length == length:
                 code = last_code + 1
             else:
+                # Figure out what the first code for each bit-length would
+                # be. This is one more than the last code of the previous
+                # bit length, left-shifted once.
                 code = (last_code + 1) << 1
         last_code = code
         last_length = length