mikemccand commented on code in PR #12981:
URL: https://github.com/apache/lucene/pull/12981#discussion_r1447388445


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lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/fst/FSTCompiler.java:
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@@ -552,13 +550,22 @@ long addNode(FSTCompiler.UnCompiledNode<T> nodeIn) throws 
IOException {
     }
 
     reverseScratchBytes();
+    // write the padding byte if needed
+    if (numBytesWritten == 1) {
+      writePaddingByte();
+    }
     scratchBytes.writeTo(dataOutput);
     numBytesWritten += scratchBytes.getPosition();
 
     nodeCount++;
     return numBytesWritten - 1;
   }
 
+  private void writePaddingByte() throws IOException {
+    assert numBytesWritten == 1;

Review Comment:
   Maybe add a comment explaining what this padding byte even is for?  I myself 
cannot remember :)



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