"literal _ bit _ mode " is an array of 8 values in the 0-2 range, one for each bit position in a byte, which are 1 or 2 if the previous packet was a * MATCH and it is either the most significant bit position or all the more significant bits in the literal to encode / decode are equal to the bits in the corresponding positions in " match _ byte ", while otherwise it is 0; the choice between the 1 or 2 values depends on the value of the bit at the same position in " match _ byte ".
