Replace the hardcoded `Counts` module with a generic `LayerData` trait, parameterizing `Layer` and `LayeredMap` over arbitrary payload types. This decouples read-path access from build-path logic, enabling both set membership and count-based indexing via `PersistentCompactIntVec`. Adds the `obicompactvec` dependency, implements streaming layer construction, and expands test coverage for persistence and multi-layer resolution.
Introduce the `obicompactvec` crate, featuring a two-tier, memory-mapped integer vector that uses a primary `u8` array with a sentinel for overflow dispatch and a sparse L1-resident index for fast random access. Implement builder and reader modules with zero-copy serialization and comprehensive test coverage. Update `obilayeredmap` to replace the default hash function with a cache-line-optimized `Mphf`, adding explicit bounds checking and duplicate-slot detection. Add documentation for both modules and update project configuration files accordingly.
Introduce the `obilayeredmap` specification and persistent MPHF-based index architecture for incremental multi-dataset indexing. Implement chunked binary serialization with a fixed `u8` k-mer count limit (256) and overlapping super-kmer segments. Add memory-mapped I/O and a companion `.idx` index file for allocation-free, O(1) unitig access. Update MkDocs navigation, enhance the k-mer comparison script, and add comprehensive tests for serialization, partitioning, and file I/O pipelines.
Eric Coissac