diff --git a/lib/common/zstd_internal.h b/lib/common/zstd_internal.h
index 0fba5cc1f..e4d36ce09 100644
--- a/lib/common/zstd_internal.h
+++ b/lib/common/zstd_internal.h
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #define ZSTD_OPT_NUM    (1<<12)
 
 #define ZSTD_REP_NUM      3                 /* number of repcodes */
-#define ZSTD_REP_MOVE     (ZSTD_REP_NUM-1)
 static UNUSED_ATTR const U32 repStartValue[ZSTD_REP_NUM] = { 1, 4, 8 };
 
 #define KB *(1 <<10)
@@ -285,7 +284,7 @@ typedef enum {
 *  Private declarations
 *********************************************/
 typedef struct seqDef_s {
-    U32 offset;    /* offset == rawOffset + ZSTD_REP_NUM, or equivalently, offCode + 1 */
+    U32 offBase;   /* offBase == Offset + ZSTD_REP_NUM, or repcode 1,2,3 */
     U16 litLength;
     U16 mlBase;    /* mlBase == matchLength - MINMATCH */
 } seqDef;
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
index 145956691..f06456af9 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress.c
@@ -2398,7 +2398,7 @@ void ZSTD_seqToCodes(const seqStore_t* seqStorePtr)
         U32 const llv = sequences[u].litLength;
         U32 const mlv = sequences[u].mlBase;
         llCodeTable[u] = (BYTE)ZSTD_LLcode(llv);
-        ofCodeTable[u] = (BYTE)ZSTD_highbit32(sequences[u].offset);
+        ofCodeTable[u] = (BYTE)ZSTD_highbit32(sequences[u].offBase);
         mlCodeTable[u] = (BYTE)ZSTD_MLcode(mlv);
     }
     if (seqStorePtr->longLengthType==ZSTD_llt_literalLength)
@@ -2910,7 +2910,7 @@ static void ZSTD_copyBlockSequences(ZSTD_CCtx* zc)
     assert(zc->seqCollector.maxSequences >= seqStoreSeqSize + 1);
     ZSTD_memcpy(updatedRepcodes.rep, zc->blockState.prevCBlock->rep, sizeof(repcodes_t));
     for (i = 0; i < seqStoreSeqSize; ++i) {
-        U32 rawOffset = seqStoreSeqs[i].offset - ZSTD_REP_NUM;
+        U32 rawOffset = seqStoreSeqs[i].offBase - ZSTD_REP_NUM;
         outSeqs[i].litLength = seqStoreSeqs[i].litLength;
         outSeqs[i].matchLength = seqStoreSeqs[i].mlBase + MINMATCH;
         outSeqs[i].rep = 0;
@@ -2923,9 +2923,9 @@ static void ZSTD_copyBlockSequences(ZSTD_CCtx* zc)
             }
         }
 
-        if (seqStoreSeqs[i].offset <= ZSTD_REP_NUM) {
+        if (seqStoreSeqs[i].offBase <= ZSTD_REP_NUM) {
             /* Derive the correct offset corresponding to a repcode */
-            outSeqs[i].rep = seqStoreSeqs[i].offset;
+            outSeqs[i].rep = seqStoreSeqs[i].offBase;
             if (outSeqs[i].litLength != 0) {
                 rawOffset = updatedRepcodes.rep[outSeqs[i].rep - 1];
             } else {
@@ -2939,9 +2939,9 @@ static void ZSTD_copyBlockSequences(ZSTD_CCtx* zc)
         outSeqs[i].offset = rawOffset;
         /* seqStoreSeqs[i].offset == offCode+1, and ZSTD_updateRep() expects offCode
            so we provide seqStoreSeqs[i].offset - 1 */
-        updatedRepcodes = ZSTD_updateRep(updatedRepcodes.rep,
-                                         seqStoreSeqs[i].offset - 1,
-                                         seqStoreSeqs[i].litLength == 0);
+        ZSTD_updateRep(updatedRepcodes.rep,
+                       seqStoreSeqs[i].offBase - 1,
+                       seqStoreSeqs[i].litLength == 0);
         literalsRead += outSeqs[i].litLength;
     }
     /* Insert last literals (if any exist) in the block as a sequence with ml == off == 0.
@@ -3434,11 +3434,13 @@ static void ZSTD_deriveSeqStoreChunk(seqStore_t* resultSeqStore,
 
 /**
  * Returns the raw offset represented by the combination of offCode, ll0, and repcode history.
- * offCode must be an offCode representing a repcode, therefore in the range of [0, 2].
+ * offCode must represent a repcode in the numeric representation of ZSTD_storeSeq().
  */
-static U32 ZSTD_resolveRepcodeToRawOffset(const U32 rep[ZSTD_REP_NUM], const U32 offCode, const U32 ll0) {
-    U32 const adjustedOffCode = offCode + ll0;
-    assert(offCode < ZSTD_REP_NUM);
+static U32
+ZSTD_resolveRepcodeToRawOffset(const U32 rep[ZSTD_REP_NUM], const U32 offCode, const U32 ll0)
+{
+    U32 const adjustedOffCode = STORED_REPCODE(offCode) - 1 + ll0;  /* [ 0 - 3 ] */
+    assert(STORED_IS_REPCODE(offCode));
     if (adjustedOffCode == ZSTD_REP_NUM) {
         /* litlength == 0 and offCode == 2 implies selection of first repcode - 1 */
         assert(rep[0] > 0);
@@ -3449,11 +3451,16 @@ static U32 ZSTD_resolveRepcodeToRawOffset(const U32 rep[ZSTD_REP_NUM], const U32
 
 /**
  * ZSTD_seqStore_resolveOffCodes() reconciles any possible divergences in offset history that may arise
- * due to emission of RLE/raw blocks that disturb the offset history, and replaces any repcodes within
- * the seqStore that may be invalid.
+ * due to emission of RLE/raw blocks that disturb the offset history,
+ * and replaces any repcodes within the seqStore that may be invalid.
  *
- * dRepcodes are updated as would be on the decompression side. cRepcodes are updated exactly in
- * accordance with the seqStore.
+ * dRepcodes are updated as would be on the decompression side.
+ * cRepcodes are updated exactly in accordance with the seqStore.
+ *
+ * Note : this function assumes seq->offBase respects the following numbering scheme :
+ *        0 : invalid
+ *        1-3 : repcode 1-3
+ *        4+ : real_offset+3
  */
 static void ZSTD_seqStore_resolveOffCodes(repcodes_t* const dRepcodes, repcodes_t* const cRepcodes,
                                           seqStore_t* const seqStore, U32 const nbSeq) {
@@ -3461,9 +3468,9 @@ static void ZSTD_seqStore_resolveOffCodes(repcodes_t* const dRepcodes, repcodes_
     for (; idx < nbSeq; ++idx) {
         seqDef* const seq = seqStore->sequencesStart + idx;
         U32 const ll0 = (seq->litLength == 0);
-        U32 offCode = seq->offset - 1;
-        assert(seq->offset > 0);
-        if (offCode <= ZSTD_REP_MOVE) {
+        U32 const offCode = OFFBASE_TO_STORED(seq->offBase);
+        assert(seq->offBase > 0);
+        if (STORED_IS_REPCODE(offCode)) {
             U32 const dRawOffset = ZSTD_resolveRepcodeToRawOffset(dRepcodes->rep, offCode, ll0);
             U32 const cRawOffset = ZSTD_resolveRepcodeToRawOffset(cRepcodes->rep, offCode, ll0);
             /* Adjust simulated decompression repcode history if we come across a mismatch. Replace
@@ -3471,14 +3478,14 @@ static void ZSTD_seqStore_resolveOffCodes(repcodes_t* const dRepcodes, repcodes_
              * repcode history.
              */
             if (dRawOffset != cRawOffset) {
-                seq->offset = cRawOffset + ZSTD_REP_NUM;
+                seq->offBase = cRawOffset + ZSTD_REP_NUM;
             }
         }
         /* Compression repcode history is always updated with values directly from the unmodified seqStore.
          * Decompression repcode history may use modified seq->offset value taken from compression repcode history.
          */
-        *dRepcodes = ZSTD_updateRep(dRepcodes->rep, seq->offset - 1, ll0);
-        *cRepcodes = ZSTD_updateRep(cRepcodes->rep, offCode, ll0);
+        ZSTD_updateRep(dRepcodes->rep, OFFBASE_TO_STORED(seq->offBase), ll0);
+        ZSTD_updateRep(cRepcodes->rep, offCode, ll0);
     }
 }
 
@@ -3487,11 +3494,13 @@ static void ZSTD_seqStore_resolveOffCodes(repcodes_t* const dRepcodes, repcodes_
  *
  * Returns the total size of that block (including header) or a ZSTD error code.
  */
-static size_t ZSTD_compressSeqStore_singleBlock(ZSTD_CCtx* zc, seqStore_t* const seqStore,
-                                                repcodes_t* const dRep, repcodes_t* const cRep,
-                                                void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
-                                                const void* src, size_t srcSize,
-                                                U32 lastBlock, U32 isPartition) {
+static size_t
+ZSTD_compressSeqStore_singleBlock(ZSTD_CCtx* zc, seqStore_t* const seqStore,
+                                  repcodes_t* const dRep, repcodes_t* const cRep,
+                                  void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
+                                  const void* src, size_t srcSize,
+                                  U32 lastBlock, U32 isPartition)
+{
     const U32 rleMaxLength = 25;
     BYTE* op = (BYTE*)dst;
     const BYTE* ip = (const BYTE*)src;
@@ -3500,6 +3509,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressSeqStore_singleBlock(ZSTD_CCtx* zc, seqStore_t* const
 
     /* In case of an RLE or raw block, the simulated decompression repcode history must be reset */
     repcodes_t const dRepOriginal = *dRep;
+    DEBUGLOG(5, "ZSTD_compressSeqStore_singleBlock");
     if (isPartition)
         ZSTD_seqStore_resolveOffCodes(dRep, cRep, seqStore, (U32)(seqStore->sequences - seqStore->sequencesStart));
 
@@ -3572,8 +3582,10 @@ typedef struct {
  * Furthermore, the number of splits is capped by ZSTD_MAX_NB_BLOCK_SPLITS. At ZSTD_MAX_NB_BLOCK_SPLITS == 196 with the current existing blockSize
  * maximum of 128 KB, this value is actually impossible to reach.
  */
-static void ZSTD_deriveBlockSplitsHelper(seqStoreSplits* splits, size_t startIdx, size_t endIdx,
-                                         ZSTD_CCtx* zc, const seqStore_t* origSeqStore) {
+static void
+ZSTD_deriveBlockSplitsHelper(seqStoreSplits* splits, size_t startIdx, size_t endIdx,
+                             ZSTD_CCtx* zc, const seqStore_t* origSeqStore)
+{
     seqStore_t* fullSeqStoreChunk = &zc->blockSplitCtx.fullSeqStoreChunk;
     seqStore_t* firstHalfSeqStore = &zc->blockSplitCtx.firstHalfSeqStore;
     seqStore_t* secondHalfSeqStore = &zc->blockSplitCtx.secondHalfSeqStore;
@@ -3628,8 +3640,10 @@ static size_t ZSTD_deriveBlockSplits(ZSTD_CCtx* zc, U32 partitions[], U32 nbSeq)
  *
  * Returns combined size of all blocks (which includes headers), or a ZSTD error code.
  */
-static size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_splitBlock_internal(ZSTD_CCtx* zc, void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
-                                                     const void* src, size_t blockSize, U32 lastBlock, U32 nbSeq) {
+static size_t
+ZSTD_compressBlock_splitBlock_internal(ZSTD_CCtx* zc, void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
+                                       const void* src, size_t blockSize, U32 lastBlock, U32 nbSeq)
+{
     size_t cSize = 0;
     const BYTE* ip = (const BYTE*)src;
     BYTE* op = (BYTE*)dst;
@@ -3715,9 +3729,11 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_splitBlock_internal(ZSTD_CCtx* zc, void* dst, s
     return cSize;
 }
 
-static size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_splitBlock(ZSTD_CCtx* zc,
-                                        void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
-                                        const void* src, size_t srcSize, U32 lastBlock) {
+static size_t
+ZSTD_compressBlock_splitBlock(ZSTD_CCtx* zc,
+                              void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
+                              const void* src, size_t srcSize, U32 lastBlock)
+{
     const BYTE* ip = (const BYTE*)src;
     BYTE* op = (BYTE*)dst;
     U32 nbSeq;
@@ -3743,9 +3759,10 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_splitBlock(ZSTD_CCtx* zc,
     return cSize;
 }
 
-static size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_internal(ZSTD_CCtx* zc,
-                                        void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
-                                        const void* src, size_t srcSize, U32 frame)
+static size_t
+ZSTD_compressBlock_internal(ZSTD_CCtx* zc,
+                            void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
+                            const void* src, size_t srcSize, U32 frame)
 {
     /* This the upper bound for the length of an rle block.
      * This isn't the actual upper bound. Finding the real threshold
@@ -5738,39 +5755,39 @@ typedef struct {
     size_t posInSrc;        /* Number of bytes given by sequences provided so far */
 } ZSTD_sequencePosition;
 
-/* Returns a ZSTD error code if sequence is not valid */
-static size_t ZSTD_validateSequence(U32 offCode, U32 matchLength,
-                                    size_t posInSrc, U32 windowLog, size_t dictSize, U32 minMatch) {
-    size_t offsetBound;
-    U32 windowSize = 1 << windowLog;
+/* ZSTD_validateSequence() :
+ * @offCode : is presumed to follow format required by ZSTD_storeSeq()
+ * @returns a ZSTD error code if sequence is not valid
+ */
+static size_t
+ZSTD_validateSequence(U32 offCode, U32 matchLength,
+                      size_t posInSrc, U32 windowLog, size_t dictSize)
+{
+    U32 const windowSize = 1 << windowLog;
     /* posInSrc represents the amount of data the the decoder would decode up to this point.
      * As long as the amount of data decoded is less than or equal to window size, offsets may be
      * larger than the total length of output decoded in order to reference the dict, even larger than
      * window size. After output surpasses windowSize, we're limited to windowSize offsets again.
      */
-    offsetBound = posInSrc > windowSize ? (size_t)windowSize : posInSrc + (size_t)dictSize;
-    RETURN_ERROR_IF(offCode > offsetBound + ZSTD_REP_MOVE, corruption_detected, "Offset too large!");
-    RETURN_ERROR_IF(matchLength < minMatch, corruption_detected, "Matchlength too small");
+    size_t const offsetBound = posInSrc > windowSize ? (size_t)windowSize : posInSrc + (size_t)dictSize;
+    RETURN_ERROR_IF(offCode > STORE_OFFSET(offsetBound), corruption_detected, "Offset too large!");
+    RETURN_ERROR_IF(matchLength < MINMATCH, corruption_detected, "Matchlength too small");
     return 0;
 }
 
 /* Returns an offset code, given a sequence's raw offset, the ongoing repcode array, and whether litLength == 0 */
-static U32 ZSTD_finalizeOffCode(U32 rawOffset, const U32 rep[ZSTD_REP_NUM], U32 ll0) {
-    U32 offCode = rawOffset + ZSTD_REP_MOVE;
-    U32 repCode = 0;
+static U32 ZSTD_finalizeOffCode(U32 rawOffset, const U32 rep[ZSTD_REP_NUM], U32 ll0)
+{
+    U32 offCode = STORE_OFFSET(rawOffset);
 
     if (!ll0 && rawOffset == rep[0]) {
-        repCode = 1;
+        offCode = STORE_REPCODE_1;
     } else if (rawOffset == rep[1]) {
-        repCode = 2 - ll0;
+        offCode = STORE_REPCODE(2 - ll0);
     } else if (rawOffset == rep[2]) {
-        repCode = 3 - ll0;
+        offCode = STORE_REPCODE(3 - ll0);
     } else if (ll0 && rawOffset == rep[0] - 1) {
-        repCode = 3;
-    }
-    if (repCode) {
-        /* ZSTD_storeSeq expects a number in the range [0, 2] to represent a repcode */
-        offCode = repCode - 1;
+        offCode = STORE_REPCODE_3;
     }
     return offCode;
 }
@@ -5778,18 +5795,17 @@ static U32 ZSTD_finalizeOffCode(U32 rawOffset, const U32 rep[ZSTD_REP_NUM], U32
 /* Returns 0 on success, and a ZSTD_error otherwise. This function scans through an array of
  * ZSTD_Sequence, storing the sequences it finds, until it reaches a block delimiter.
  */
-static size_t ZSTD_copySequencesToSeqStoreExplicitBlockDelim(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx, ZSTD_sequencePosition* seqPos,
-                                                             const ZSTD_Sequence* const inSeqs, size_t inSeqsSize,
-                                                             const void* src, size_t blockSize) {
+static size_t
+ZSTD_copySequencesToSeqStoreExplicitBlockDelim(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
+                                              ZSTD_sequencePosition* seqPos,
+                                        const ZSTD_Sequence* const inSeqs, size_t inSeqsSize,
+                                        const void* src, size_t blockSize)
+{
     U32 idx = seqPos->idx;
     BYTE const* ip = (BYTE const*)(src);
     const BYTE* const iend = ip + blockSize;
     repcodes_t updatedRepcodes;
     U32 dictSize;
-    U32 litLength;
-    U32 matchLength;
-    U32 ll0;
-    U32 offCode;
 
     if (cctx->cdict) {
         dictSize = (U32)cctx->cdict->dictContentSize;
@@ -5800,18 +5816,17 @@ static size_t ZSTD_copySequencesToSeqStoreExplicitBlockDelim(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx, ZS
     }
     ZSTD_memcpy(updatedRepcodes.rep, cctx->blockState.prevCBlock->rep, sizeof(repcodes_t));
     for (; (inSeqs[idx].matchLength != 0 || inSeqs[idx].offset != 0) && idx < inSeqsSize; ++idx) {
-        litLength = inSeqs[idx].litLength;
-        matchLength = inSeqs[idx].matchLength;
-        ll0 = litLength == 0;
-        offCode = ZSTD_finalizeOffCode(inSeqs[idx].offset, updatedRepcodes.rep, ll0);
-        updatedRepcodes = ZSTD_updateRep(updatedRepcodes.rep, offCode, ll0);
+        U32 const litLength = inSeqs[idx].litLength;
+        U32 const ll0 = (litLength == 0);
+        U32 const matchLength = inSeqs[idx].matchLength;
+        U32 const offCode = ZSTD_finalizeOffCode(inSeqs[idx].offset, updatedRepcodes.rep, ll0);
+        ZSTD_updateRep(updatedRepcodes.rep, offCode, ll0);
 
         DEBUGLOG(6, "Storing sequence: (of: %u, ml: %u, ll: %u)", offCode, matchLength, litLength);
         if (cctx->appliedParams.validateSequences) {
             seqPos->posInSrc += litLength + matchLength;
             FORWARD_IF_ERROR(ZSTD_validateSequence(offCode, matchLength, seqPos->posInSrc,
-                                                cctx->appliedParams.cParams.windowLog, dictSize,
-                                                cctx->appliedParams.cParams.minMatch),
+                                                cctx->appliedParams.cParams.windowLog, dictSize),
                                                 "Sequence validation failed");
         }
         RETURN_ERROR_IF(idx - seqPos->idx > cctx->seqStore.maxNbSeq, memory_allocation,
@@ -5843,9 +5858,11 @@ static size_t ZSTD_copySequencesToSeqStoreExplicitBlockDelim(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx, ZS
  * avoid splitting a match, or to avoid splitting a match such that it would produce a match
  * smaller than MINMATCH. In this case, we return the number of bytes that we didn't read from this block.
  */
-static size_t ZSTD_copySequencesToSeqStoreNoBlockDelim(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx, ZSTD_sequencePosition* seqPos,
-                                                       const ZSTD_Sequence* const inSeqs, size_t inSeqsSize,
-                                                       const void* src, size_t blockSize) {
+static size_t
+ZSTD_copySequencesToSeqStoreNoBlockDelim(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx, ZSTD_sequencePosition* seqPos,
+                                   const ZSTD_Sequence* const inSeqs, size_t inSeqsSize,
+                                   const void* src, size_t blockSize)
+{
     U32 idx = seqPos->idx;
     U32 startPosInSequence = seqPos->posInSequence;
     U32 endPosInSequence = seqPos->posInSequence + (U32)blockSize;
@@ -5855,10 +5872,6 @@ static size_t ZSTD_copySequencesToSeqStoreNoBlockDelim(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx, ZSTD_seq
     repcodes_t updatedRepcodes;
     U32 bytesAdjustment = 0;
     U32 finalMatchSplit = 0;
-    U32 litLength;
-    U32 matchLength;
-    U32 rawOffset;
-    U32 offCode;
 
     if (cctx->cdict) {
         dictSize = cctx->cdict->dictContentSize;
@@ -5872,9 +5885,10 @@ static size_t ZSTD_copySequencesToSeqStoreNoBlockDelim(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx, ZSTD_seq
     ZSTD_memcpy(updatedRepcodes.rep, cctx->blockState.prevCBlock->rep, sizeof(repcodes_t));
     while (endPosInSequence && idx < inSeqsSize && !finalMatchSplit) {
         const ZSTD_Sequence currSeq = inSeqs[idx];
-        litLength = currSeq.litLength;
-        matchLength = currSeq.matchLength;
-        rawOffset = currSeq.offset;
+        U32 litLength = currSeq.litLength;
+        U32 matchLength = currSeq.matchLength;
+        U32 const rawOffset = currSeq.offset;
+        U32 offCode;
 
         /* Modify the sequence depending on where endPosInSequence lies */
         if (endPosInSequence >= currSeq.litLength + currSeq.matchLength) {
@@ -5927,16 +5941,15 @@ static size_t ZSTD_copySequencesToSeqStoreNoBlockDelim(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx, ZSTD_seq
             }
         }
         /* Check if this offset can be represented with a repcode */
-        {   U32 ll0 = (litLength == 0);
+        {   U32 const ll0 = (litLength == 0);
             offCode = ZSTD_finalizeOffCode(rawOffset, updatedRepcodes.rep, ll0);
-            updatedRepcodes = ZSTD_updateRep(updatedRepcodes.rep, offCode, ll0);
+            ZSTD_updateRep(updatedRepcodes.rep, offCode, ll0);
         }
 
         if (cctx->appliedParams.validateSequences) {
             seqPos->posInSrc += litLength + matchLength;
             FORWARD_IF_ERROR(ZSTD_validateSequence(offCode, matchLength, seqPos->posInSrc,
-                                                   cctx->appliedParams.cParams.windowLog, dictSize,
-                                                   cctx->appliedParams.cParams.minMatch),
+                                                   cctx->appliedParams.cParams.windowLog, dictSize),
                                                    "Sequence validation failed");
         }
         DEBUGLOG(6, "Storing sequence: (of: %u, ml: %u, ll: %u)", offCode, matchLength, litLength);
@@ -5967,7 +5980,8 @@ static size_t ZSTD_copySequencesToSeqStoreNoBlockDelim(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx, ZSTD_seq
 typedef size_t (*ZSTD_sequenceCopier) (ZSTD_CCtx* cctx, ZSTD_sequencePosition* seqPos,
                                        const ZSTD_Sequence* const inSeqs, size_t inSeqsSize,
                                        const void* src, size_t blockSize);
-static ZSTD_sequenceCopier ZSTD_selectSequenceCopier(ZSTD_sequenceFormat_e mode) {
+static ZSTD_sequenceCopier ZSTD_selectSequenceCopier(ZSTD_sequenceFormat_e mode)
+{
     ZSTD_sequenceCopier sequenceCopier = NULL;
     assert(ZSTD_cParam_withinBounds(ZSTD_c_blockDelimiters, mode));
     if (mode == ZSTD_sf_explicitBlockDelimiters) {
@@ -5981,12 +5995,15 @@ static ZSTD_sequenceCopier ZSTD_selectSequenceCopier(ZSTD_sequenceFormat_e mode)
 
 /* Compress, block-by-block, all of the sequences given.
  *
- * Returns the cumulative size of all compressed blocks (including their headers), otherwise a ZSTD error.
+ * Returns the cumulative size of all compressed blocks (including their headers),
+ * otherwise a ZSTD error.
  */
-static size_t ZSTD_compressSequences_internal(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
-                                              void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
-                                              const ZSTD_Sequence* inSeqs, size_t inSeqsSize,
-                                              const void* src, size_t srcSize) {
+static size_t
+ZSTD_compressSequences_internal(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
+                                void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
+                          const ZSTD_Sequence* inSeqs, size_t inSeqsSize,
+                          const void* src, size_t srcSize)
+{
     size_t cSize = 0;
     U32 lastBlock;
     size_t blockSize;
@@ -5996,7 +6013,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressSequences_internal(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
 
     BYTE const* ip = (BYTE const*)src;
     BYTE* op = (BYTE*)dst;
-    ZSTD_sequenceCopier sequenceCopier = ZSTD_selectSequenceCopier(cctx->appliedParams.blockDelimiters);
+    ZSTD_sequenceCopier const sequenceCopier = ZSTD_selectSequenceCopier(cctx->appliedParams.blockDelimiters);
 
     DEBUGLOG(4, "ZSTD_compressSequences_internal srcSize: %zu, inSeqsSize: %zu", srcSize, inSeqsSize);
     /* Special case: empty frame */
@@ -6096,7 +6113,8 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressSequences_internal(ZSTD_CCtx* cctx,
 
 size_t ZSTD_compressSequences(ZSTD_CCtx* const cctx, void* dst, size_t dstCapacity,
                               const ZSTD_Sequence* inSeqs, size_t inSeqsSize,
-                              const void* src, size_t srcSize) {
+                              const void* src, size_t srcSize)
+{
     BYTE* op = (BYTE*)dst;
     size_t cSize = 0;
     size_t compressedBlocksSize = 0;
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress_internal.h b/lib/compress/zstd_compress_internal.h
index 87536b38c..c406e794b 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress_internal.h
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress_internal.h
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_buildBlockEntropyStats(seqStore_t* seqStorePtr,
 *********************************/
 
 typedef struct {
-    U32 off;            /* Offset code (offset + ZSTD_REP_MOVE) for the match */
+    U32 off;            /* Offset sumtype code for the match, using ZSTD_storeSeq() format */
     U32 len;            /* Raw length of match */
 } ZSTD_match_t;
 
@@ -497,31 +497,6 @@ MEM_STATIC U32 ZSTD_MLcode(U32 mlBase)
     return (mlBase > 127) ? ZSTD_highbit32(mlBase) + ML_deltaCode : ML_Code[mlBase];
 }
 
-typedef struct repcodes_s {
-    U32 rep[3];
-} repcodes_t;
-
-MEM_STATIC repcodes_t ZSTD_updateRep(U32 const rep[3], U32 const offset, U32 const ll0)
-{
-    repcodes_t newReps;
-    if (offset >= ZSTD_REP_NUM) {  /* full offset */
-        newReps.rep[2] = rep[1];
-        newReps.rep[1] = rep[0];
-        newReps.rep[0] = offset - ZSTD_REP_MOVE;
-    } else {   /* repcode */
-        U32 const repCode = offset + ll0;
-        if (repCode > 0) {  /* note : if repCode==0, no change */
-            U32 const currentOffset = (repCode==ZSTD_REP_NUM) ? (rep[0] - 1) : rep[repCode];
-            newReps.rep[2] = (repCode >= 2) ? rep[1] : rep[2];
-            newReps.rep[1] = rep[0];
-            newReps.rep[0] = currentOffset;
-        } else {   /* repCode == 0 */
-            ZSTD_memcpy(&newReps, rep, sizeof(newReps));
-        }
-    }
-    return newReps;
-}
-
 /* ZSTD_cParam_withinBounds:
  * @return 1 if value is within cParam bounds,
  * 0 otherwise */
@@ -590,7 +565,9 @@ MEM_STATIC int ZSTD_literalsCompressionIsDisabled(const ZSTD_CCtx_params* cctxPa
  *  Only called when the sequence ends past ilimit_w, so it only needs to be optimized for single
  *  large copies.
  */
-static void ZSTD_safecopyLiterals(BYTE* op, BYTE const* ip, BYTE const* const iend, BYTE const* ilimit_w) {
+static void
+ZSTD_safecopyLiterals(BYTE* op, BYTE const* ip, BYTE const* const iend, BYTE const* ilimit_w)
+{
     assert(iend > ilimit_w);
     if (ip <= ilimit_w) {
         ZSTD_wildcopy(op, ip, ilimit_w - ip, ZSTD_no_overlap);
@@ -600,14 +577,30 @@ static void ZSTD_safecopyLiterals(BYTE* op, BYTE const* ip, BYTE const* const ie
     while (ip < iend) *op++ = *ip++;
 }
 
+#define ZSTD_REP_MOVE     (ZSTD_REP_NUM-1)
+#define STORE_REPCODE_1 STORE_REPCODE(1)
+#define STORE_REPCODE_2 STORE_REPCODE(2)
+#define STORE_REPCODE_3 STORE_REPCODE(3)
+#define STORE_REPCODE(r) (assert((r)>=1), assert((r)<=3), (r)-1)
+#define STORE_OFFSET(o)  (assert((o)>0), o + ZSTD_REP_MOVE)
+#define STORED_IS_OFFSET(o)  ((o) > ZSTD_REP_MOVE)
+#define STORED_IS_REPCODE(o) ((o) <= ZSTD_REP_MOVE)
+#define STORED_OFFSET(o)  (assert(STORED_IS_OFFSET(o)), (o)-ZSTD_REP_MOVE)
+#define STORED_REPCODE(o) (assert(STORED_IS_REPCODE(o)), (o)+1)  /* returns ID 1,2,3 */
+#define STORED_TO_OFFBASE(o) ((o)+1)
+#define OFFBASE_TO_STORED(o) ((o)-1)
+
 /*! ZSTD_storeSeq() :
  *  Store a sequence (litlen, litPtr, offCode and matchLength) into seqStore_t.
- *  `offCode` : distance to match + ZSTD_REP_MOVE (values <= ZSTD_REP_MOVE are repCodes).
+ *  @offBase_minus1 : Users should use employ macros STORE_REPCODE_X and STORE_OFFSET().
  *  @matchLength : must be >= MINMATCH
  *  Allowed to overread literals up to litLimit.
 */
-HINT_INLINE UNUSED_ATTR
-void ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore_t* seqStorePtr, size_t litLength, const BYTE* literals, const BYTE* litLimit, U32 offCode, size_t matchLength)
+HINT_INLINE UNUSED_ATTR void
+ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore_t* seqStorePtr,
+              size_t litLength, const BYTE* literals, const BYTE* litLimit,
+              U32 offBase_minus1,
+              size_t matchLength)
 {
     BYTE const* const litLimit_w = litLimit - WILDCOPY_OVERLENGTH;
     BYTE const* const litEnd = literals + litLength;
@@ -616,7 +609,7 @@ void ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore_t* seqStorePtr, size_t litLength, const BYTE* litera
     if (g_start==NULL) g_start = (const BYTE*)literals;  /* note : index only works for compression within a single segment */
     {   U32 const pos = (U32)((const BYTE*)literals - g_start);
         DEBUGLOG(6, "Cpos%7u :%3u literals, match%4u bytes at offCode%7u",
-               pos, (U32)litLength, (U32)matchLength, (U32)offCode);
+               pos, (U32)litLength, (U32)matchLength, (U32)offBase_minus1);
     }
 #endif
     assert((size_t)(seqStorePtr->sequences - seqStorePtr->sequencesStart) < seqStorePtr->maxNbSeq);
@@ -647,7 +640,7 @@ void ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore_t* seqStorePtr, size_t litLength, const BYTE* litera
     seqStorePtr->sequences[0].litLength = (U16)litLength;
 
     /* match offset */
-    seqStorePtr->sequences[0].offset = offCode + 1;
+    seqStorePtr->sequences[0].offBase = STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offBase_minus1);
 
     /* match Length */
     assert(matchLength >= MINMATCH);
@@ -663,6 +656,43 @@ void ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore_t* seqStorePtr, size_t litLength, const BYTE* litera
     seqStorePtr->sequences++;
 }
 
+/* ZSTD_updateRep() :
+ * updates in-place @rep (array of repeat offsets)
+ * @offBase_minus1 : sum-type, with same numeric representation as ZSTD_storeSeq()
+ */
+MEM_STATIC void
+ZSTD_updateRep(U32 rep[ZSTD_REP_NUM], U32 const offBase_minus1, U32 const ll0)
+{
+    if (STORED_IS_OFFSET(offBase_minus1)) {  /* full offset */
+        rep[2] = rep[1];
+        rep[1] = rep[0];
+        rep[0] = STORED_OFFSET(offBase_minus1);
+    } else {   /* repcode */
+        U32 const repCode = STORED_REPCODE(offBase_minus1) - 1 + ll0;
+        if (repCode > 0) {  /* note : if repCode==0, no change */
+            U32 const currentOffset = (repCode==ZSTD_REP_NUM) ? (rep[0] - 1) : rep[repCode];
+            rep[2] = (repCode >= 2) ? rep[1] : rep[2];
+            rep[1] = rep[0];
+            rep[0] = currentOffset;
+        } else {   /* repCode == 0 */
+            /* nothing to do */
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+typedef struct repcodes_s {
+    U32 rep[3];
+} repcodes_t;
+
+MEM_STATIC repcodes_t
+ZSTD_newRep(U32 const rep[ZSTD_REP_NUM], U32 const offBase_minus1, U32 const ll0)
+{
+    repcodes_t newReps;
+    ZSTD_memcpy(&newReps, rep, sizeof(newReps));
+    ZSTD_updateRep(newReps.rep, offBase_minus1, ll0);
+    return newReps;
+}
+
 
 /*-*************************************
 *  Match length counter
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress_sequences.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress_sequences.c
index 8d1439045..f1e40af2e 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress_sequences.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress_sequences.c
@@ -319,13 +319,13 @@ ZSTD_encodeSequences_body(
         U32 const ofBits = ofCodeTable[nbSeq-1];
         unsigned const extraBits = ofBits - MIN(ofBits, STREAM_ACCUMULATOR_MIN-1);
         if (extraBits) {
-            BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[nbSeq-1].offset, extraBits);
+            BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[nbSeq-1].offBase, extraBits);
             BIT_flushBits(&blockStream);
         }
-        BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[nbSeq-1].offset >> extraBits,
+        BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[nbSeq-1].offBase >> extraBits,
                     ofBits - extraBits);
     } else {
-        BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[nbSeq-1].offset, ofCodeTable[nbSeq-1]);
+        BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[nbSeq-1].offBase, ofCodeTable[nbSeq-1]);
     }
     BIT_flushBits(&blockStream);
 
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ ZSTD_encodeSequences_body(
             DEBUGLOG(6, "encoding: litlen:%2u - matchlen:%2u - offCode:%7u",
                         (unsigned)sequences[n].litLength,
                         (unsigned)sequences[n].mlBase + MINMATCH,
-                        (unsigned)sequences[n].offset);
+                        (unsigned)sequences[n].offBase);
                                                                             /* 32b*/  /* 64b*/
                                                                             /* (7)*/  /* (7)*/
             FSE_encodeSymbol(&blockStream, &stateOffsetBits, ofCode);       /* 15 */  /* 15 */
@@ -356,13 +356,13 @@ ZSTD_encodeSequences_body(
             if (longOffsets) {
                 unsigned const extraBits = ofBits - MIN(ofBits, STREAM_ACCUMULATOR_MIN-1);
                 if (extraBits) {
-                    BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[n].offset, extraBits);
+                    BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[n].offBase, extraBits);
                     BIT_flushBits(&blockStream);                            /* (7)*/
                 }
-                BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[n].offset >> extraBits,
+                BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[n].offBase >> extraBits,
                             ofBits - extraBits);                            /* 31 */
             } else {
-                BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[n].offset, ofBits);     /* 31 */
+                BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[n].offBase, ofBits);     /* 31 */
             }
             BIT_flushBits(&blockStream);                                    /* (7)*/
             DEBUGLOG(7, "remaining space : %i", (int)(blockStream.endPtr - blockStream.ptr));
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_compress_superblock.c b/lib/compress/zstd_compress_superblock.c
index 67e1abb11..10e337857 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_compress_superblock.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_compress_superblock.c
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressSubBlock_multi(const seqStore_t* seqStorePtr,
             repcodes_t rep;
             ZSTD_memcpy(&rep, prevCBlock->rep, sizeof(rep));
             for (seq = sstart; seq < sp; ++seq) {
-                rep = ZSTD_updateRep(rep.rep, seq->offset - 1, ZSTD_getSequenceLength(seqStorePtr, seq).litLength == 0);
+                ZSTD_updateRep(rep.rep, seq->offBase - 1, ZSTD_getSequenceLength(seqStorePtr, seq).litLength == 0);
             }
             ZSTD_memcpy(nextCBlock->rep, &rep, sizeof(rep));
         }
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_double_fast.c b/lib/compress/zstd_double_fast.c
index c9f7b9d74..76933dea2 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_double_fast.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_double_fast.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_doubleFast_noDict_generic(
             if ((offset_1 > 0) & (MEM_read32(ip+1-offset_1) == MEM_read32(ip+1))) {
                 mLength = ZSTD_count(ip+1+4, ip+1+4-offset_1, iend) + 4;
                 ip++;
-                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, 0, mLength);
+                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, STORE_REPCODE_1, mLength);
                 goto _match_stored;
             }
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ _match_found: /* requires ip, offset, mLength */
             hashLong[hl1] = (U32)(ip1 - base);
         }
 
-        ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, offset + ZSTD_REP_MOVE, mLength);
+        ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, STORE_OFFSET(offset), mLength);
 
 _match_stored:
         /* match found */
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ _match_stored:
                 U32 const tmpOff = offset_2; offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = tmpOff;  /* swap offset_2 <=> offset_1 */
                 hashSmall[ZSTD_hashPtr(ip, hBitsS, mls)] = (U32)(ip-base);
                 hashLong[ZSTD_hashPtr(ip, hBitsL, 8)] = (U32)(ip-base);
-                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0, anchor, iend, 0, rLength);
+                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0, anchor, iend, STORE_REPCODE_1, rLength);
                 ip += rLength;
                 anchor = ip;
                 continue;   /* faster when present ... (?) */
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_doubleFast_dictMatchState_generic(
             const BYTE* repMatchEnd = repIndex < prefixLowestIndex ? dictEnd : iend;
             mLength = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+1+4, repMatch+4, iend, repMatchEnd, prefixLowest) + 4;
             ip++;
-            ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, 0, mLength);
+            ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, STORE_REPCODE_1, mLength);
             goto _match_stored;
         }
 
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ _match_found:
         offset_2 = offset_1;
         offset_1 = offset;
 
-        ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, offset + ZSTD_REP_MOVE, mLength);
+        ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, STORE_OFFSET(offset), mLength);
 
 _match_stored:
         /* match found */
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ _match_stored:
                     const BYTE* const repEnd2 = repIndex2 < prefixLowestIndex ? dictEnd : iend;
                     size_t const repLength2 = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+4, repMatch2+4, iend, repEnd2, prefixLowest) + 4;
                     U32 tmpOffset = offset_2; offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = tmpOffset;   /* swap offset_2 <=> offset_1 */
-                    ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0, anchor, iend, 0, repLength2);
+                    ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0, anchor, iend, STORE_REPCODE_1, repLength2);
                     hashSmall[ZSTD_hashPtr(ip, hBitsS, mls)] = current2;
                     hashLong[ZSTD_hashPtr(ip, hBitsL, 8)] = current2;
                     ip += repLength2;
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_doubleFast_extDict_generic(
             const BYTE* repMatchEnd = repIndex < prefixStartIndex ? dictEnd : iend;
             mLength = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+1+4, repMatch+4, iend, repMatchEnd, prefixStart) + 4;
             ip++;
-            ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, 0, mLength);
+            ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, STORE_REPCODE_1, mLength);
         } else {
             if ((matchLongIndex > dictStartIndex) && (MEM_read64(matchLong) == MEM_read64(ip))) {
                 const BYTE* const matchEnd = matchLongIndex < prefixStartIndex ? dictEnd : iend;
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_doubleFast_extDict_generic(
                 while (((ip>anchor) & (matchLong>lowMatchPtr)) && (ip[-1] == matchLong[-1])) { ip--; matchLong--; mLength++; }   /* catch up */
                 offset_2 = offset_1;
                 offset_1 = offset;
-                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, offset + ZSTD_REP_MOVE, mLength);
+                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, STORE_OFFSET(offset), mLength);
 
             } else if ((matchIndex > dictStartIndex) && (MEM_read32(match) == MEM_read32(ip))) {
                 size_t const h3 = ZSTD_hashPtr(ip+1, hBitsL, 8);
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_doubleFast_extDict_generic(
                 }
                 offset_2 = offset_1;
                 offset_1 = offset;
-                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, offset + ZSTD_REP_MOVE, mLength);
+                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, STORE_OFFSET(offset), mLength);
 
             } else {
                 ip += ((ip-anchor) >> kSearchStrength) + 1;
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_doubleFast_extDict_generic(
                     const BYTE* const repEnd2 = repIndex2 < prefixStartIndex ? dictEnd : iend;
                     size_t const repLength2 = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+4, repMatch2+4, iend, repEnd2, prefixStart) + 4;
                     U32 const tmpOffset = offset_2; offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = tmpOffset;   /* swap offset_2 <=> offset_1 */
-                    ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0, anchor, iend, 0, repLength2);
+                    ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0, anchor, iend, STORE_REPCODE_1, repLength2);
                     hashSmall[ZSTD_hashPtr(ip, hBitsS, mls)] = current2;
                     hashLong[ZSTD_hashPtr(ip, hBitsL, 8)] = current2;
                     ip += repLength2;
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_fast.c b/lib/compress/zstd_fast.c
index 29c00866e..802fc3157 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_fast.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_fast.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ _start: /* Requires: ip0 */
             mLength = ip0[-1] == match0[-1];
             ip0 -= mLength;
             match0 -= mLength;
-            offcode = 0;
+            offcode = STORE_REPCODE_1;
             mLength += 4;
             goto _match;
         }
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ _offset: /* Requires: ip0, idx */
     match0 = base + idx;
     rep_offset2 = rep_offset1;
     rep_offset1 = (U32)(ip0-match0);
-    offcode = rep_offset1 + ZSTD_REP_MOVE;
+    offcode = STORE_OFFSET(rep_offset1);
     mLength = 4;
 
     /* Count the backwards match length. */
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ _match: /* Requires: ip0, match0, offcode */
                 { U32 const tmpOff = rep_offset2; rep_offset2 = rep_offset1; rep_offset1 = tmpOff; } /* swap rep_offset2 <=> rep_offset1 */
                 hashTable[ZSTD_hashPtr(ip0, hlog, mls)] = (U32)(ip0-base);
                 ip0 += rLength;
-                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0 /*litLen*/, anchor, iend, 0 /*offCode*/, rLength);
+                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0 /*litLen*/, anchor, iend, STORE_REPCODE_1, rLength);
                 anchor = ip0;
                 continue;   /* faster when present (confirmed on gcc-8) ... (?) */
     }   }   }
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_fast_dictMatchState_generic(
             const BYTE* const repMatchEnd = repIndex < prefixStartIndex ? dictEnd : iend;
             mLength = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+1+4, repMatch+4, iend, repMatchEnd, prefixStart) + 4;
             ip++;
-            ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, 0, mLength);
+            ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, STORE_REPCODE_1, mLength);
         } else if ( (matchIndex <= prefixStartIndex) ) {
             size_t const dictHash = ZSTD_hashPtr(ip, dictHLog, mls);
             U32 const dictMatchIndex = dictHashTable[dictHash];
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_fast_dictMatchState_generic(
                 } /* catch up */
                 offset_2 = offset_1;
                 offset_1 = offset;
-                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, offset + ZSTD_REP_MOVE, mLength);
+                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, STORE_OFFSET(offset), mLength);
             }
         } else if (MEM_read32(match) != MEM_read32(ip)) {
             /* it's not a match, and we're not going to check the dictionary */
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_fast_dictMatchState_generic(
                  && (ip[-1] == match[-1])) { ip--; match--; mLength++; } /* catch up */
             offset_2 = offset_1;
             offset_1 = offset;
-            ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, offset + ZSTD_REP_MOVE, mLength);
+            ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, STORE_OFFSET(offset), mLength);
         }
 
         /* match found */
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_fast_dictMatchState_generic(
                     const BYTE* const repEnd2 = repIndex2 < prefixStartIndex ? dictEnd : iend;
                     size_t const repLength2 = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+4, repMatch2+4, iend, repEnd2, prefixStart) + 4;
                     U32 tmpOffset = offset_2; offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = tmpOffset;   /* swap offset_2 <=> offset_1 */
-                    ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0, anchor, iend, 0, repLength2);
+                    ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0, anchor, iend, STORE_REPCODE_1, repLength2);
                     hashTable[ZSTD_hashPtr(ip, hlog, mls)] = current2;
                     ip += repLength2;
                     anchor = ip;
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_fast_extDict_generic(
             const BYTE* const repMatchEnd = repIndex < prefixStartIndex ? dictEnd : iend;
             size_t const rLength = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+1 +4, repMatch +4, iend, repMatchEnd, prefixStart) + 4;
             ip++;
-            ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, 0, rLength);
+            ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, STORE_REPCODE_1, rLength);
             ip += rLength;
             anchor = ip;
         } else {
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_fast_extDict_generic(
                 size_t mLength = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+4, match+4, iend, matchEnd, prefixStart) + 4;
                 while (((ip>anchor) & (match>lowMatchPtr)) && (ip[-1] == match[-1])) { ip--; match--; mLength++; }   /* catch up */
                 offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = offset;  /* update offset history */
-                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, offset + ZSTD_REP_MOVE, mLength);
+                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, (size_t)(ip-anchor), anchor, iend, STORE_OFFSET(offset), mLength);
                 ip += mLength;
                 anchor = ip;
         }   }
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ static size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_fast_extDict_generic(
                     const BYTE* const repEnd2 = repIndex2 < prefixStartIndex ? dictEnd : iend;
                     size_t const repLength2 = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+4, repMatch2+4, iend, repEnd2, prefixStart) + 4;
                     { U32 const tmpOffset = offset_2; offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = tmpOffset; }  /* swap offset_2 <=> offset_1 */
-                    ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0 /*litlen*/, anchor, iend, 0 /*offcode*/, repLength2);
+                    ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0 /*litlen*/, anchor, iend, STORE_REPCODE_1, repLength2);
                     hashTable[ZSTD_hashPtr(ip, hlog, mls)] = current2;
                     ip += repLength2;
                     anchor = ip;
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_lazy.c b/lib/compress/zstd_lazy.c
index 83831c673..2e38dcb46 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_lazy.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_lazy.c
@@ -197,8 +197,8 @@ ZSTD_DUBT_findBetterDictMatch (
             U32 matchIndex = dictMatchIndex + dictIndexDelta;
             if ( (4*(int)(matchLength-bestLength)) > (int)(ZSTD_highbit32(curr-matchIndex+1) - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offsetPtr[0]+1)) ) {
                 DEBUGLOG(9, "ZSTD_DUBT_findBetterDictMatch(%u) : found better match length %u -> %u and offsetCode %u -> %u (dictMatchIndex %u, matchIndex %u)",
-                    curr, (U32)bestLength, (U32)matchLength, (U32)*offsetPtr, ZSTD_REP_MOVE + curr - matchIndex, dictMatchIndex, matchIndex);
-                bestLength = matchLength, *offsetPtr = ZSTD_REP_MOVE + curr - matchIndex;
+                    curr, (U32)bestLength, (U32)matchLength, (U32)*offsetPtr, STORE_OFFSET(curr - matchIndex), dictMatchIndex, matchIndex);
+                bestLength = matchLength, *offsetPtr = STORE_OFFSET(curr - matchIndex);
             }
             if (ip+matchLength == iend) {   /* reached end of input : ip[matchLength] is not valid, no way to know if it's larger or smaller than match */
                 break;   /* drop, to guarantee consistency (miss a little bit of compression) */
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ ZSTD_DUBT_findBetterDictMatch (
     }
 
     if (bestLength >= MINMATCH) {
-        U32 const mIndex = curr - ((U32)*offsetPtr - ZSTD_REP_MOVE); (void)mIndex;
+        U32 const mIndex = curr - (U32)STORED_OFFSET(*offsetPtr); (void)mIndex;
         DEBUGLOG(8, "ZSTD_DUBT_findBetterDictMatch(%u) : found match of length %u and offsetCode %u (pos %u)",
                     curr, (U32)bestLength, (U32)*offsetPtr, mIndex);
     }
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ ZSTD_DUBT_findBestMatch(ZSTD_matchState_t* ms,
                 if (matchLength > matchEndIdx - matchIndex)
                     matchEndIdx = matchIndex + (U32)matchLength;
                 if ( (4*(int)(matchLength-bestLength)) > (int)(ZSTD_highbit32(curr-matchIndex+1) - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offsetPtr[0]+1)) )
-                    bestLength = matchLength, *offsetPtr = ZSTD_REP_MOVE + curr - matchIndex;
+                    bestLength = matchLength, *offsetPtr = STORE_OFFSET(curr - matchIndex);
                 if (ip+matchLength == iend) {   /* equal : no way to know if inf or sup */
                     if (dictMode == ZSTD_dictMatchState) {
                         nbCompares = 0; /* in addition to avoiding checking any
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ ZSTD_DUBT_findBestMatch(ZSTD_matchState_t* ms,
         assert(matchEndIdx > curr+8); /* ensure nextToUpdate is increased */
         ms->nextToUpdate = matchEndIdx - 8;   /* skip repetitive patterns */
         if (bestLength >= MINMATCH) {
-            U32 const mIndex = curr - ((U32)*offsetPtr - ZSTD_REP_MOVE); (void)mIndex;
+            U32 const mIndex = curr - (U32)STORED_OFFSET(*offsetPtr); (void)mIndex;
             DEBUGLOG(8, "ZSTD_DUBT_findBestMatch(%u) : found match of length %u and offsetCode %u (pos %u)",
                         curr, (U32)bestLength, (U32)*offsetPtr, mIndex);
         }
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_dedicatedDictSearch_lazy_search(size_t* offsetPtr, size_t ml, U32 nb
         /* save best solution */
         if (currentMl > ml) {
             ml = currentMl;
-            *offsetPtr = curr - (matchIndex + ddsIndexDelta) + ZSTD_REP_MOVE;
+            *offsetPtr = STORE_OFFSET(curr - (matchIndex + ddsIndexDelta));
             if (ip+currentMl == iLimit) {
                 /* best possible, avoids read overflow on next attempt */
                 return ml;
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_dedicatedDictSearch_lazy_search(size_t* offsetPtr, size_t ml, U32 nb
             /* save best solution */
             if (currentMl > ml) {
                 ml = currentMl;
-                *offsetPtr = curr - (matchIndex + ddsIndexDelta) + ZSTD_REP_MOVE;
+                *offsetPtr = STORE_OFFSET(curr - (matchIndex + ddsIndexDelta));
                 if (ip+currentMl == iLimit) break; /* best possible, avoids read overflow on next attempt */
             }
         }
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_HcFindBestMatch(
         /* save best solution */
         if (currentMl > ml) {
             ml = currentMl;
-            *offsetPtr = curr - matchIndex + ZSTD_REP_MOVE;
+            *offsetPtr = STORE_OFFSET(curr - matchIndex);
             if (ip+currentMl == iLimit) break; /* best possible, avoids read overflow on next attempt */
         }
 
@@ -738,7 +738,8 @@ size_t ZSTD_HcFindBestMatch(
             /* save best solution */
             if (currentMl > ml) {
                 ml = currentMl;
-                *offsetPtr = curr - (matchIndex + dmsIndexDelta) + ZSTD_REP_MOVE;
+                assert(curr > matchIndex + dmsIndexDelta);
+                *offsetPtr = STORE_OFFSET(curr - (matchIndex + dmsIndexDelta));
                 if (ip+currentMl == iLimit) break; /* best possible, avoids read overflow on next attempt */
             }
 
@@ -1244,7 +1245,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_RowFindBestMatch(
             /* Save best solution */
             if (currentMl > ml) {
                 ml = currentMl;
-                *offsetPtr = curr - matchIndex + ZSTD_REP_MOVE;
+                *offsetPtr = STORE_OFFSET(curr - matchIndex);
                 if (ip+currentMl == iLimit) break; /* best possible, avoids read overflow on next attempt */
             }
         }
@@ -1292,7 +1293,8 @@ size_t ZSTD_RowFindBestMatch(
 
                 if (currentMl > ml) {
                     ml = currentMl;
-                    *offsetPtr = curr - (matchIndex + dmsIndexDelta) + ZSTD_REP_MOVE;
+                    assert(curr > matchIndex + dmsIndexDelta);
+                    *offsetPtr = STORE_OFFSET(curr - (matchIndex + dmsIndexDelta));
                     if (ip+currentMl == iLimit) break;
                 }
             }
@@ -1537,8 +1539,9 @@ ZSTD_compressBlock_lazy_generic(
 #endif
     while (ip < ilimit) {
         size_t matchLength=0;
-        size_t offset=0;
+        size_t offcode=STORE_REPCODE_1;
         const BYTE* start=ip+1;
+        DEBUGLOG(7, "search baseline (depth 0)");
 
         /* check repCode */
         if (isDxS) {
@@ -1564,7 +1567,7 @@ ZSTD_compressBlock_lazy_generic(
         {   size_t offsetFound = 999999999;
             size_t const ml2 = searchMax(ms, ip, iend, &offsetFound);
             if (ml2 > matchLength)
-                matchLength = ml2, start = ip, offset=offsetFound;
+                matchLength = ml2, start = ip, offcode=offsetFound;
         }
 
         if (matchLength < 4) {
@@ -1575,14 +1578,15 @@ ZSTD_compressBlock_lazy_generic(
         /* let's try to find a better solution */
         if (depth>=1)
         while (ip<ilimit) {
+            DEBUGLOG(7, "search depth 1");
             ip ++;
             if ( (dictMode == ZSTD_noDict)
-              && (offset) && ((offset_1>0) & (MEM_read32(ip) == MEM_read32(ip - offset_1)))) {
+              && (offcode) && ((offset_1>0) & (MEM_read32(ip) == MEM_read32(ip - offset_1)))) {
                 size_t const mlRep = ZSTD_count(ip+4, ip+4-offset_1, iend) + 4;
                 int const gain2 = (int)(mlRep * 3);
-                int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*3 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offset+1) + 1);
+                int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*3 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offcode)) + 1);
                 if ((mlRep >= 4) && (gain2 > gain1))
-                    matchLength = mlRep, offset = 0, start = ip;
+                    matchLength = mlRep, offcode = STORE_REPCODE_1, start = ip;
             }
             if (isDxS) {
                 const U32 repIndex = (U32)(ip - base) - offset_1;
@@ -1594,30 +1598,31 @@ ZSTD_compressBlock_lazy_generic(
                     const BYTE* repMatchEnd = repIndex < prefixLowestIndex ? dictEnd : iend;
                     size_t const mlRep = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+4, repMatch+4, iend, repMatchEnd, prefixLowest) + 4;
                     int const gain2 = (int)(mlRep * 3);
-                    int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*3 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offset+1) + 1);
+                    int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*3 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offcode)) + 1);
                     if ((mlRep >= 4) && (gain2 > gain1))
-                        matchLength = mlRep, offset = 0, start = ip;
+                        matchLength = mlRep, offcode = STORE_REPCODE_1, start = ip;
                 }
             }
             {   size_t offset2=999999999;
                 size_t const ml2 = searchMax(ms, ip, iend, &offset2);
-                int const gain2 = (int)(ml2*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offset2+1));   /* raw approx */
-                int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offset+1) + 4);
+                int const gain2 = (int)(ml2*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offset2)));   /* raw approx */
+                int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offcode)) + 4);
                 if ((ml2 >= 4) && (gain2 > gain1)) {
-                    matchLength = ml2, offset = offset2, start = ip;
+                    matchLength = ml2, offcode = offset2, start = ip;
                     continue;   /* search a better one */
             }   }
 
             /* let's find an even better one */
             if ((depth==2) && (ip<ilimit)) {
+                DEBUGLOG(7, "search depth 2");
                 ip ++;
                 if ( (dictMode == ZSTD_noDict)
-                  && (offset) && ((offset_1>0) & (MEM_read32(ip) == MEM_read32(ip - offset_1)))) {
+                  && (offcode) && ((offset_1>0) & (MEM_read32(ip) == MEM_read32(ip - offset_1)))) {
                     size_t const mlRep = ZSTD_count(ip+4, ip+4-offset_1, iend) + 4;
                     int const gain2 = (int)(mlRep * 4);
-                    int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offset+1) + 1);
+                    int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offcode)) + 1);
                     if ((mlRep >= 4) && (gain2 > gain1))
-                        matchLength = mlRep, offset = 0, start = ip;
+                        matchLength = mlRep, offcode = STORE_REPCODE_1, start = ip;
                 }
                 if (isDxS) {
                     const U32 repIndex = (U32)(ip - base) - offset_1;
@@ -1629,46 +1634,45 @@ ZSTD_compressBlock_lazy_generic(
                         const BYTE* repMatchEnd = repIndex < prefixLowestIndex ? dictEnd : iend;
                         size_t const mlRep = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+4, repMatch+4, iend, repMatchEnd, prefixLowest) + 4;
                         int const gain2 = (int)(mlRep * 4);
-                        int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offset+1) + 1);
+                        int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offcode)) + 1);
                         if ((mlRep >= 4) && (gain2 > gain1))
-                            matchLength = mlRep, offset = 0, start = ip;
+                            matchLength = mlRep, offcode = STORE_REPCODE_1, start = ip;
                     }
                 }
                 {   size_t offset2=999999999;
                     size_t const ml2 = searchMax(ms, ip, iend, &offset2);
-                    int const gain2 = (int)(ml2*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offset2+1));   /* raw approx */
-                    int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offset+1) + 7);
+                    int const gain2 = (int)(ml2*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offset2)));   /* raw approx */
+                    int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offcode)) + 7);
                     if ((ml2 >= 4) && (gain2 > gain1)) {
-                        matchLength = ml2, offset = offset2, start = ip;
+                        matchLength = ml2, offcode = offset2, start = ip;
                         continue;
             }   }   }
             break;  /* nothing found : store previous solution */
         }
 
         /* NOTE:
-         * start[-offset+ZSTD_REP_MOVE-1] is undefined behavior.
-         * (-offset+ZSTD_REP_MOVE-1) is unsigned, and is added to start, which
-         * overflows the pointer, which is undefined behavior.
+         * Pay attention that `start[-value]` can lead to strange undefined behavior
+         * notably if `value` is unsigned, resulting in a large positive `-value`.
          */
         /* catch up */
-        if (offset) {
+        if (STORED_IS_OFFSET(offcode)) {
             if (dictMode == ZSTD_noDict) {
-                while ( ((start > anchor) & (start - (offset-ZSTD_REP_MOVE) > prefixLowest))
-                     && (start[-1] == (start-(offset-ZSTD_REP_MOVE))[-1]) )  /* only search for offset within prefix */
+                while ( ((start > anchor) & (start - STORED_OFFSET(offcode) > prefixLowest))
+                     && (start[-1] == (start-STORED_OFFSET(offcode))[-1]) )  /* only search for offset within prefix */
                     { start--; matchLength++; }
             }
             if (isDxS) {
-                U32 const matchIndex = (U32)((size_t)(start-base) - (offset - ZSTD_REP_MOVE));
+                U32 const matchIndex = (U32)((size_t)(start-base) - STORED_OFFSET(offcode));
                 const BYTE* match = (matchIndex < prefixLowestIndex) ? dictBase + matchIndex - dictIndexDelta : base + matchIndex;
                 const BYTE* const mStart = (matchIndex < prefixLowestIndex) ? dictLowest : prefixLowest;
                 while ((start>anchor) && (match>mStart) && (start[-1] == match[-1])) { start--; match--; matchLength++; }  /* catch up */
             }
-            offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = (U32)(offset - ZSTD_REP_MOVE);
+            offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = (U32)STORED_OFFSET(offcode);
         }
         /* store sequence */
 _storeSequence:
         {   size_t const litLength = (size_t)(start - anchor);
-            ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, litLength, anchor, iend, (U32)offset, matchLength);
+            ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, litLength, anchor, iend, (U32)offcode, matchLength);
             anchor = ip = start + matchLength;
         }
 
@@ -1684,8 +1688,8 @@ _storeSequence:
                    && (MEM_read32(repMatch) == MEM_read32(ip)) ) {
                     const BYTE* const repEnd2 = repIndex < prefixLowestIndex ? dictEnd : iend;
                     matchLength = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+4, repMatch+4, iend, repEnd2, prefixLowest) + 4;
-                    offset = offset_2; offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = (U32)offset;   /* swap offset_2 <=> offset_1 */
-                    ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0, anchor, iend, 0, matchLength);
+                    offcode = offset_2; offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = (U32)offcode;   /* swap offset_2 <=> offset_1 */
+                    ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0, anchor, iend, STORE_REPCODE_1, matchLength);
                     ip += matchLength;
                     anchor = ip;
                     continue;
@@ -1699,8 +1703,8 @@ _storeSequence:
                  && (MEM_read32(ip) == MEM_read32(ip - offset_2)) ) {
                 /* store sequence */
                 matchLength = ZSTD_count(ip+4, ip+4-offset_2, iend) + 4;
-                offset = offset_2; offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = (U32)offset; /* swap repcodes */
-                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0, anchor, iend, 0, matchLength);
+                offcode = offset_2; offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = (U32)offcode; /* swap repcodes */
+                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0, anchor, iend, STORE_REPCODE_1, matchLength);
                 ip += matchLength;
                 anchor = ip;
                 continue;   /* faster when present ... (?) */
@@ -1901,7 +1905,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_lazy_extDict_generic(
 #endif
     while (ip < ilimit) {
         size_t matchLength=0;
-        size_t offset=0;
+        size_t offcode=STORE_REPCODE_1;
         const BYTE* start=ip+1;
         U32 curr = (U32)(ip-base);
 
@@ -1923,7 +1927,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_lazy_extDict_generic(
         {   size_t offsetFound = 999999999;
             size_t const ml2 = searchMax(ms, ip, iend, &offsetFound);
             if (ml2 > matchLength)
-                matchLength = ml2, start = ip, offset=offsetFound;
+                matchLength = ml2, start = ip, offcode=offsetFound;
         }
 
         if (matchLength < 4) {
@@ -1937,7 +1941,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_lazy_extDict_generic(
             ip ++;
             curr++;
             /* check repCode */
-            if (offset) {
+            if (offcode) {
                 const U32 windowLow = ZSTD_getLowestMatchIndex(ms, curr, windowLog);
                 const U32 repIndex = (U32)(curr - offset_1);
                 const BYTE* const repBase = repIndex < dictLimit ? dictBase : base;
@@ -1949,18 +1953,18 @@ size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_lazy_extDict_generic(
                     const BYTE* const repEnd = repIndex < dictLimit ? dictEnd : iend;
                     size_t const repLength = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+4, repMatch+4, iend, repEnd, prefixStart) + 4;
                     int const gain2 = (int)(repLength * 3);
-                    int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*3 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offset+1) + 1);
+                    int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*3 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offcode)) + 1);
                     if ((repLength >= 4) && (gain2 > gain1))
-                        matchLength = repLength, offset = 0, start = ip;
+                        matchLength = repLength, offcode = STORE_REPCODE_1, start = ip;
             }   }
 
             /* search match, depth 1 */
             {   size_t offset2=999999999;
                 size_t const ml2 = searchMax(ms, ip, iend, &offset2);
-                int const gain2 = (int)(ml2*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offset2+1));   /* raw approx */
-                int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offset+1) + 4);
+                int const gain2 = (int)(ml2*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offset2)));   /* raw approx */
+                int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offcode)) + 4);
                 if ((ml2 >= 4) && (gain2 > gain1)) {
-                    matchLength = ml2, offset = offset2, start = ip;
+                    matchLength = ml2, offcode = offset2, start = ip;
                     continue;   /* search a better one */
             }   }
 
@@ -1969,7 +1973,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_lazy_extDict_generic(
                 ip ++;
                 curr++;
                 /* check repCode */
-                if (offset) {
+                if (offcode) {
                     const U32 windowLow = ZSTD_getLowestMatchIndex(ms, curr, windowLog);
                     const U32 repIndex = (U32)(curr - offset_1);
                     const BYTE* const repBase = repIndex < dictLimit ? dictBase : base;
@@ -1981,36 +1985,36 @@ size_t ZSTD_compressBlock_lazy_extDict_generic(
                         const BYTE* const repEnd = repIndex < dictLimit ? dictEnd : iend;
                         size_t const repLength = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+4, repMatch+4, iend, repEnd, prefixStart) + 4;
                         int const gain2 = (int)(repLength * 4);
-                        int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offset+1) + 1);
+                        int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offcode)) + 1);
                         if ((repLength >= 4) && (gain2 > gain1))
-                            matchLength = repLength, offset = 0, start = ip;
+                            matchLength = repLength, offcode = STORE_REPCODE_1, start = ip;
                 }   }
 
                 /* search match, depth 2 */
                 {   size_t offset2=999999999;
                     size_t const ml2 = searchMax(ms, ip, iend, &offset2);
-                    int const gain2 = (int)(ml2*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offset2+1));   /* raw approx */
-                    int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)offset+1) + 7);
+                    int const gain2 = (int)(ml2*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offset2)));   /* raw approx */
+                    int const gain1 = (int)(matchLength*4 - ZSTD_highbit32((U32)STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offcode)) + 7);
                     if ((ml2 >= 4) && (gain2 > gain1)) {
-                        matchLength = ml2, offset = offset2, start = ip;
+                        matchLength = ml2, offcode = offset2, start = ip;
                         continue;
             }   }   }
             break;  /* nothing found : store previous solution */
         }
 
         /* catch up */
-        if (offset) {
-            U32 const matchIndex = (U32)((size_t)(start-base) - (offset - ZSTD_REP_MOVE));
+        if (STORED_IS_OFFSET(offcode)) {
+            U32 const matchIndex = (U32)((size_t)(start-base) - STORED_OFFSET(offcode));
             const BYTE* match = (matchIndex < dictLimit) ? dictBase + matchIndex : base + matchIndex;
             const BYTE* const mStart = (matchIndex < dictLimit) ? dictStart : prefixStart;
             while ((start>anchor) && (match>mStart) && (start[-1] == match[-1])) { start--; match--; matchLength++; }  /* catch up */
-            offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = (U32)(offset - ZSTD_REP_MOVE);
+            offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = (U32)STORED_OFFSET(offcode);
         }
 
         /* store sequence */
 _storeSequence:
         {   size_t const litLength = (size_t)(start - anchor);
-            ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, litLength, anchor, iend, (U32)offset, matchLength);
+            ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, litLength, anchor, iend, (U32)offcode, matchLength);
             anchor = ip = start + matchLength;
         }
 
@@ -2027,8 +2031,8 @@ _storeSequence:
                 /* repcode detected we should take it */
                 const BYTE* const repEnd = repIndex < dictLimit ? dictEnd : iend;
                 matchLength = ZSTD_count_2segments(ip+4, repMatch+4, iend, repEnd, prefixStart) + 4;
-                offset = offset_2; offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = (U32)offset;   /* swap offset history */
-                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0, anchor, iend, 0, matchLength);
+                offcode = offset_2; offset_2 = offset_1; offset_1 = (U32)offcode;   /* swap offset history */
+                ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, 0, anchor, iend, STORE_REPCODE_1, matchLength);
                 ip += matchLength;
                 anchor = ip;
                 continue;   /* faster when present ... (?) */
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_ldm.c b/lib/compress/zstd_ldm.c
index 1e7e626d2..f662b2546 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_ldm.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_ldm.c
@@ -579,7 +579,9 @@ size_t ZSTD_ldm_generateSequences(
     return 0;
 }
 
-void ZSTD_ldm_skipSequences(rawSeqStore_t* rawSeqStore, size_t srcSize, U32 const minMatch) {
+void
+ZSTD_ldm_skipSequences(rawSeqStore_t* rawSeqStore, size_t srcSize, U32 const minMatch)
+{
     while (srcSize > 0 && rawSeqStore->pos < rawSeqStore->size) {
         rawSeq* seq = rawSeqStore->seq + rawSeqStore->pos;
         if (srcSize <= seq->litLength) {
@@ -709,7 +711,7 @@ size_t ZSTD_ldm_blockCompress(rawSeqStore_t* rawSeqStore,
             rep[0] = sequence.offset;
             /* Store the sequence */
             ZSTD_storeSeq(seqStore, newLitLength, ip - newLitLength, iend,
-                          sequence.offset + ZSTD_REP_MOVE,
+                          STORE_OFFSET(sequence.offset),
                           sequence.matchLength);
             ip += sequence.matchLength;
         }
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_opt.c b/lib/compress/zstd_opt.c
index 2356fa2ae..2fa10816f 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_opt.c
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_opt.c
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ ZSTD_rescaleFreqs(optState_t* const optPtr,
                     1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
                     1, 1, 1, 1
                 };
-                ZSTD_memcpy(optPtr->litLengthFreq, baseLLfreqs, sizeof(baseLLfreqs)); optPtr->litLengthSum = sum_u32(baseLLfreqs, MaxLL+1);
+                ZSTD_memcpy(optPtr->litLengthFreq, baseLLfreqs, sizeof(baseLLfreqs));
+                optPtr->litLengthSum = sum_u32(baseLLfreqs, MaxLL+1);
             }
 
             {   unsigned ml;
@@ -219,7 +220,8 @@ ZSTD_rescaleFreqs(optState_t* const optPtr,
                     1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
                     1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
                 };
-                ZSTD_memcpy(optPtr->offCodeFreq, baseOFCfreqs, sizeof(baseOFCfreqs)); optPtr->offCodeSum = sum_u32(baseOFCfreqs, MaxOff+1);
+                ZSTD_memcpy(optPtr->offCodeFreq, baseOFCfreqs, sizeof(baseOFCfreqs));
+                optPtr->offCodeSum = sum_u32(baseOFCfreqs, MaxOff+1);
             }
 
 
@@ -280,15 +282,17 @@ static U32 ZSTD_litLengthPrice(U32 const litLength, const optState_t* const optP
 /* ZSTD_getMatchPrice() :
  * Provides the cost of the match part (offset + matchLength) of a sequence
  * Must be combined with ZSTD_fullLiteralsCost() to get the full cost of a sequence.
- * optLevel: when <2, favors small offset for decompression speed (improved cache efficiency) */
+ * @offcode : expects a scale where 0,1,2 are repcodes 1-3, and 3+ are real_offsets+2
+ * @optLevel: when <2, favors small offset for decompression speed (improved cache efficiency)
+ */
 FORCE_INLINE_TEMPLATE U32
-ZSTD_getMatchPrice(U32 const offset,
+ZSTD_getMatchPrice(U32 const offcode,
                    U32 const matchLength,
              const optState_t* const optPtr,
                    int const optLevel)
 {
     U32 price;
-    U32 const offCode = ZSTD_highbit32(offset+1);
+    U32 const offCode = ZSTD_highbit32(STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offcode));
     U32 const mlBase = matchLength - MINMATCH;
     assert(matchLength >= MINMATCH);
 
@@ -331,8 +335,8 @@ static void ZSTD_updateStats(optState_t* const optPtr,
         optPtr->litLengthSum++;
     }
 
-    /* match offset code (0-2=>repCode; 3+=>offset+2) */
-    {   U32 const offCode = ZSTD_highbit32(offsetCode+1);
+    /* offset code : expected to follow storeSeq() numeric representation */
+    {   U32 const offCode = ZSTD_highbit32(STORED_TO_OFFBASE(offsetCode));
         assert(offCode <= MaxOff);
         optPtr->offCodeFreq[offCode]++;
         optPtr->offCodeSum++;
@@ -631,7 +635,7 @@ U32 ZSTD_insertBtAndGetAllMatches (
                 DEBUGLOG(8, "found repCode %u (ll0:%u, offset:%u) of length %u",
                             repCode, ll0, repOffset, repLen);
                 bestLength = repLen;
-                matches[mnum].off = repCode - ll0;
+                matches[mnum].off = STORE_REPCODE(repCode - ll0 + 1);  /* expect value between 1 and 3 */
                 matches[mnum].len = (U32)repLen;
                 mnum++;
                 if ( (repLen > sufficient_len)
@@ -660,7 +664,7 @@ U32 ZSTD_insertBtAndGetAllMatches (
                 bestLength = mlen;
                 assert(curr > matchIndex3);
                 assert(mnum==0);  /* no prior solution */
-                matches[0].off = (curr - matchIndex3) + ZSTD_REP_MOVE;
+                matches[0].off = STORE_OFFSET(curr - matchIndex3);
                 matches[0].len = (U32)mlen;
                 mnum = 1;
                 if ( (mlen > sufficient_len) |
@@ -694,12 +698,12 @@ U32 ZSTD_insertBtAndGetAllMatches (
 
         if (matchLength > bestLength) {
             DEBUGLOG(8, "found match of length %u at distance %u (offCode=%u)",
-                    (U32)matchLength, curr - matchIndex, curr - matchIndex + ZSTD_REP_MOVE);
+                    (U32)matchLength, curr - matchIndex, STORE_OFFSET(curr - matchIndex));
             assert(matchEndIdx > matchIndex);
             if (matchLength > matchEndIdx - matchIndex)
                 matchEndIdx = matchIndex + (U32)matchLength;
             bestLength = matchLength;
-            matches[mnum].off = (curr - matchIndex) + ZSTD_REP_MOVE;
+            matches[mnum].off = STORE_OFFSET(curr - matchIndex);
             matches[mnum].len = (U32)matchLength;
             mnum++;
             if ( (matchLength > ZSTD_OPT_NUM)
@@ -742,11 +746,11 @@ U32 ZSTD_insertBtAndGetAllMatches (
             if (matchLength > bestLength) {
                 matchIndex = dictMatchIndex + dmsIndexDelta;
                 DEBUGLOG(8, "found dms match of length %u at distance %u (offCode=%u)",
-                        (U32)matchLength, curr - matchIndex, curr - matchIndex + ZSTD_REP_MOVE);
+                        (U32)matchLength, curr - matchIndex, STORE_OFFSET(curr - matchIndex));
                 if (matchLength > matchEndIdx - matchIndex)
                     matchEndIdx = matchIndex + (U32)matchLength;
                 bestLength = matchLength;
-                matches[mnum].off = (curr - matchIndex) + ZSTD_REP_MOVE;
+                matches[mnum].off = STORE_OFFSET(curr - matchIndex);
                 matches[mnum].len = (U32)matchLength;
                 mnum++;
                 if ( (matchLength > ZSTD_OPT_NUM)
@@ -835,7 +839,8 @@ GEN_ZSTD_BT_GET_ALL_MATCHES(dictMatchState)
         ZSTD_BT_GET_ALL_MATCHES_FN(dictMode, 6)  \
     }
 
-static ZSTD_getAllMatchesFn ZSTD_selectBtGetAllMatches(ZSTD_matchState_t const* ms, ZSTD_dictMode_e const dictMode)
+static ZSTD_getAllMatchesFn
+ZSTD_selectBtGetAllMatches(ZSTD_matchState_t const* ms, ZSTD_dictMode_e const dictMode)
 {
     ZSTD_getAllMatchesFn const getAllMatchesFns[3][4] = {
         ZSTD_BT_GET_ALL_MATCHES_ARRAY(noDict),
@@ -854,16 +859,18 @@ static ZSTD_getAllMatchesFn ZSTD_selectBtGetAllMatches(ZSTD_matchState_t const*
 
 /* Struct containing info needed to make decision about ldm inclusion */
 typedef struct {
-    rawSeqStore_t seqStore;         /* External match candidates store for this block */
-    U32 startPosInBlock;            /* Start position of the current match candidate */
-    U32 endPosInBlock;              /* End position of the current match candidate */
-    U32 offset;                     /* Offset of the match candidate */
+    rawSeqStore_t seqStore;   /* External match candidates store for this block */
+    U32 startPosInBlock;      /* Start position of the current match candidate */
+    U32 endPosInBlock;        /* End position of the current match candidate */
+    U32 offset;               /* Offset of the match candidate */
 } ZSTD_optLdm_t;
 
 /* ZSTD_optLdm_skipRawSeqStoreBytes():
- * Moves forward in rawSeqStore by nbBytes, which will update the fields 'pos' and 'posInSequence'.
+ * Moves forward in @rawSeqStore by @nbBytes,
+ * which will update the fields 'pos' and 'posInSequence'.
  */
-static void ZSTD_optLdm_skipRawSeqStoreBytes(rawSeqStore_t* rawSeqStore, size_t nbBytes) {
+static void ZSTD_optLdm_skipRawSeqStoreBytes(rawSeqStore_t* rawSeqStore, size_t nbBytes)
+{
     U32 currPos = (U32)(rawSeqStore->posInSequence + nbBytes);
     while (currPos && rawSeqStore->pos < rawSeqStore->size) {
         rawSeq currSeq = rawSeqStore->seq[rawSeqStore->pos];
@@ -884,8 +891,10 @@ static void ZSTD_optLdm_skipRawSeqStoreBytes(rawSeqStore_t* rawSeqStore, size_t
  * Calculates the beginning and end of the next match in the current block.
  * Updates 'pos' and 'posInSequence' of the ldmSeqStore.
  */
-static void ZSTD_opt_getNextMatchAndUpdateSeqStore(ZSTD_optLdm_t* optLdm, U32 currPosInBlock,
-                                                   U32 blockBytesRemaining) {
+static void
+ZSTD_opt_getNextMatchAndUpdateSeqStore(ZSTD_optLdm_t* optLdm, U32 currPosInBlock,
+                                       U32 blockBytesRemaining)
+{
     rawSeq currSeq;
     U32 currBlockEndPos;
     U32 literalsBytesRemaining;
@@ -897,8 +906,8 @@ static void ZSTD_opt_getNextMatchAndUpdateSeqStore(ZSTD_optLdm_t* optLdm, U32 cu
         optLdm->endPosInBlock = UINT_MAX;
         return;
     }
-    /* Calculate appropriate bytes left in matchLength and litLength after adjusting
-       based on ldmSeqStore->posInSequence */
+    /* Calculate appropriate bytes left in matchLength and litLength
+     * after adjusting based on ldmSeqStore->posInSequence */
     currSeq = optLdm->seqStore.seq[optLdm->seqStore.pos];
     assert(optLdm->seqStore.posInSequence <= currSeq.litLength + currSeq.matchLength);
     currBlockEndPos = currPosInBlock + blockBytesRemaining;
@@ -934,15 +943,16 @@ static void ZSTD_opt_getNextMatchAndUpdateSeqStore(ZSTD_optLdm_t* optLdm, U32 cu
 }
 
 /* ZSTD_optLdm_maybeAddMatch():
- * Adds a match if it's long enough, based on it's 'matchStartPosInBlock'
- * and 'matchEndPosInBlock', into 'matches'. Maintains the correct ordering of 'matches'
+ * Adds a match if it's long enough,
+ * based on it's 'matchStartPosInBlock' and 'matchEndPosInBlock',
+ * into 'matches'. Maintains the correct ordering of 'matches'.
  */
 static void ZSTD_optLdm_maybeAddMatch(ZSTD_match_t* matches, U32* nbMatches,
-                                      ZSTD_optLdm_t* optLdm, U32 currPosInBlock) {
-    U32 posDiff = currPosInBlock - optLdm->startPosInBlock;
+                                      const ZSTD_optLdm_t* optLdm, U32 currPosInBlock)
+{
+    U32 const posDiff = currPosInBlock - optLdm->startPosInBlock;
     /* Note: ZSTD_match_t actually contains offCode and matchLength (before subtracting MINMATCH) */
-    U32 candidateMatchLength = optLdm->endPosInBlock - optLdm->startPosInBlock - posDiff;
-    U32 candidateOffCode = optLdm->offset + ZSTD_REP_MOVE;
+    U32 const candidateMatchLength = optLdm->endPosInBlock - optLdm->startPosInBlock - posDiff;
 
     /* Ensure that current block position is not outside of the match */
     if (currPosInBlock < optLdm->startPosInBlock
@@ -952,6 +962,7 @@ static void ZSTD_optLdm_maybeAddMatch(ZSTD_match_t* matches, U32* nbMatches,
     }
 
     if (*nbMatches == 0 || ((candidateMatchLength > matches[*nbMatches-1].len) && *nbMatches < ZSTD_OPT_NUM)) {
+        U32 const candidateOffCode = STORE_OFFSET(optLdm->offset);
         DEBUGLOG(6, "ZSTD_optLdm_maybeAddMatch(): Adding ldm candidate match (offCode: %u matchLength %u) at block position=%u",
                  candidateOffCode, candidateMatchLength, currPosInBlock);
         matches[*nbMatches].len = candidateMatchLength;
@@ -963,8 +974,11 @@ static void ZSTD_optLdm_maybeAddMatch(ZSTD_match_t* matches, U32* nbMatches,
 /* ZSTD_optLdm_processMatchCandidate():
  * Wrapper function to update ldm seq store and call ldm functions as necessary.
  */
-static void ZSTD_optLdm_processMatchCandidate(ZSTD_optLdm_t* optLdm, ZSTD_match_t* matches, U32* nbMatches,
-                                              U32 currPosInBlock, U32 remainingBytes) {
+static void
+ZSTD_optLdm_processMatchCandidate(ZSTD_optLdm_t* optLdm,
+                                  ZSTD_match_t* matches, U32* nbMatches,
+                                  U32 currPosInBlock, U32 remainingBytes)
+{
     if (optLdm->seqStore.size == 0 || optLdm->seqStore.pos >= optLdm->seqStore.size) {
         return;
     }
@@ -975,7 +989,7 @@ static void ZSTD_optLdm_processMatchCandidate(ZSTD_optLdm_t* optLdm, ZSTD_match_
              * at the end of a match from the ldm seq store, and will often be some bytes
              * over beyond matchEndPosInBlock. As such, we need to correct for these "overshoots"
              */
-            U32 posOvershoot = currPosInBlock - optLdm->endPosInBlock;
+            U32 const posOvershoot = currPosInBlock - optLdm->endPosInBlock;
             ZSTD_optLdm_skipRawSeqStoreBytes(&optLdm->seqStore, posOvershoot);
         }
         ZSTD_opt_getNextMatchAndUpdateSeqStore(optLdm, currPosInBlock, remainingBytes);
@@ -1075,14 +1089,14 @@ ZSTD_compressBlock_opt_generic(ZSTD_matchState_t* ms,
 
             /* large match -> immediate encoding */
             {   U32 const maxML = matches[nbMatches-1].len;
-                U32 const maxOffset = matches[nbMatches-1].off;
+                U32 const maxOffcode = matches[nbMatches-1].off;
                 DEBUGLOG(6, "found %u matches of maxLength=%u and maxOffCode=%u at cPos=%u => start new series",
-                            nbMatches, maxML, maxOffset, (U32)(ip-prefixStart));
+                            nbMatches, maxML, maxOffcode, (U32)(ip-prefixStart));
 
                 if (maxML > sufficient_len) {
                     lastSequence.litlen = litlen;
                     lastSequence.mlen = maxML;
-                    lastSequence.off = maxOffset;
+                    lastSequence.off = maxOffcode;
                     DEBUGLOG(6, "large match (%u>%u), immediate encoding",
                                 maxML, sufficient_len);
                     cur = 0;
@@ -1099,15 +1113,15 @@ ZSTD_compressBlock_opt_generic(ZSTD_matchState_t* ms,
                     opt[pos].price = ZSTD_MAX_PRICE;   /* mlen, litlen and price will be fixed during forward scanning */
                 }
                 for (matchNb = 0; matchNb < nbMatches; matchNb++) {
-                    U32 const offset = matches[matchNb].off;
+                    U32 const offcode = matches[matchNb].off;
                     U32 const end = matches[matchNb].len;
                     for ( ; pos <= end ; pos++ ) {
-                        U32 const matchPrice = ZSTD_getMatchPrice(offset, pos, optStatePtr, optLevel);
+                        U32 const matchPrice = ZSTD_getMatchPrice(offcode, pos, optStatePtr, optLevel);
                         U32 const sequencePrice = literalsPrice + matchPrice;
                         DEBUGLOG(7, "rPos:%u => set initial price : %.2f",
                                     pos, ZSTD_fCost(sequencePrice));
                         opt[pos].mlen = pos;
-                        opt[pos].off = offset;
+                        opt[pos].off = offcode;
                         opt[pos].litlen = litlen;
                         opt[pos].price = (int)sequencePrice;
                 }   }
@@ -1152,7 +1166,7 @@ ZSTD_compressBlock_opt_generic(ZSTD_matchState_t* ms,
             assert(cur >= opt[cur].mlen);
             if (opt[cur].mlen != 0) {
                 U32 const prev = cur - opt[cur].mlen;
-                repcodes_t newReps = ZSTD_updateRep(opt[prev].rep, opt[cur].off, opt[cur].litlen==0);
+                repcodes_t const newReps = ZSTD_newRep(opt[prev].rep, opt[cur].off, opt[cur].litlen==0);
                 ZSTD_memcpy(opt[cur].rep, &newReps, sizeof(repcodes_t));
             } else {
                 ZSTD_memcpy(opt[cur].rep, opt[cur - 1].rep, sizeof(repcodes_t));
@@ -1242,7 +1256,7 @@ _shortestPath:   /* cur, last_pos, best_mlen, best_off have to be set */
          * update them while traversing the sequences.
          */
         if (lastSequence.mlen != 0) {
-            repcodes_t reps = ZSTD_updateRep(opt[cur].rep, lastSequence.off, lastSequence.litlen==0);
+            repcodes_t const reps = ZSTD_newRep(opt[cur].rep, lastSequence.off, lastSequence.litlen==0);
             ZSTD_memcpy(rep, &reps, sizeof(reps));
         } else {
             ZSTD_memcpy(rep, opt[cur].rep, sizeof(repcodes_t));
diff --git a/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c b/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c
index 8b8b381ed..006aba7c9 100644
--- a/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c
+++ b/lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c
@@ -682,8 +682,8 @@ static void ZDICT_countEStats(EStats_ress_t esr, const ZSTD_parameters* params,
 
             if (nbSeq >= 2) { /* rep offsets */
                 const seqDef* const seq = seqStorePtr->sequencesStart;
-                U32 offset1 = seq[0].offset - 3;
-                U32 offset2 = seq[1].offset - 3;
+                U32 offset1 = seq[0].offBase - ZSTD_REP_NUM;
+                U32 offset2 = seq[1].offBase - ZSTD_REP_NUM;
                 if (offset1 >= MAXREPOFFSET) offset1 = 0;
                 if (offset2 >= MAXREPOFFSET) offset2 = 0;
                 repOffsets[offset1] += 3;
diff --git a/tests/decodecorpus.c b/tests/decodecorpus.c
index 2343ce639..1037a3659 100644
--- a/tests/decodecorpus.c
+++ b/tests/decodecorpus.c
@@ -633,17 +633,16 @@ static inline void initSeqStore(seqStore_t *seqStore) {
 }
 
 /* Randomly generate sequence commands */
-static U32 generateSequences(U32* seed, frame_t* frame, seqStore_t* seqStore,
-                                size_t contentSize, size_t literalsSize, dictInfo info)
+static U32
+generateSequences(U32* seed, frame_t* frame, seqStore_t* seqStore,
+                  size_t contentSize, size_t literalsSize, dictInfo info)
 {
     /* The total length of all the matches */
     size_t const remainingMatch = contentSize - literalsSize;
     size_t excessMatch = 0;
     U32 numSequences = 0;
-
     U32 i;
 
-
     const BYTE* literals = LITERAL_BUFFER;
     BYTE* srcPtr = frame->src;
 
@@ -703,32 +702,31 @@ static U32 generateSequences(U32* seed, frame_t* frame, seqStore_t* seqStore,
                             lenPastStart = MIN(lenPastStart+MIN_SEQ_LEN, (U32)info.dictContentSize);
                             offset = (U32)((BYTE*)srcPtr - (BYTE*)frame->srcStart) + lenPastStart;
                         }
-                        {
-                            U32 const matchLenBound = MIN(frame->header.windowSize, lenPastStart);
+                        {   U32 const matchLenBound = MIN(frame->header.windowSize, lenPastStart);
                             matchLen = MIN(matchLen, matchLenBound);
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                offsetCode = offset + ZSTD_REP_MOVE;
+                offsetCode = STORE_OFFSET(offset);
                 repIndex = 2;
             } else {
                 /* do a repeat offset */
-                offsetCode = RAND(seed) % 3;
+                U32 const randomRepIndex = RAND(seed) % 3;
+                offsetCode = STORE_REPCODE(randomRepIndex + 1);  /* expects values between 1 & 3 */
                 if (literalLen > 0) {
-                    offset = frame->stats.rep[offsetCode];
-                    repIndex = offsetCode;
+                    offset = frame->stats.rep[randomRepIndex];
+                    repIndex = randomRepIndex;
                 } else {
-                    /* special case */
-                    offset = offsetCode == 2 ? frame->stats.rep[0] - 1
-                                           : frame->stats.rep[offsetCode + 1];
-                    repIndex = MIN(2, offsetCode + 1);
+                    /* special case : literalLen == 0 */
+                    offset = randomRepIndex == 2 ? frame->stats.rep[0] - 1
+                                           : frame->stats.rep[randomRepIndex + 1];
+                    repIndex = MIN(2, randomRepIndex + 1);
                 }
             }
         } while (((!info.useDict) && (offset > (size_t)((BYTE*)srcPtr - (BYTE*)frame->srcStart))) || offset == 0);
 
-        {
+        {   BYTE* const dictEnd = info.dictContent + info.dictContentSize;
             size_t j;
-            BYTE* const dictEnd = info.dictContent + info.dictContentSize;
             for (j = 0; j < matchLen; j++) {
                 if ((U32)((BYTE*)srcPtr - (BYTE*)frame->srcStart) < offset) {
                     /* copy from dictionary instead of literals */
@@ -739,8 +737,7 @@ static U32 generateSequences(U32* seed, frame_t* frame, seqStore_t* seqStore,
                     *srcPtr = *(srcPtr-offset);
                 }
                 srcPtr++;
-            }
-        }
+        }   }
 
         {   int r;
             for (r = repIndex; r > 0; r--) {
@@ -754,7 +751,7 @@ static U32 generateSequences(U32* seed, frame_t* frame, seqStore_t* seqStore,
         DISPLAYLEVEL(7, " srcPos: %8u seqNb: %3u",
                      (unsigned)((BYTE*)srcPtr - (BYTE*)frame->srcStart), (unsigned)i);
         DISPLAYLEVEL(6, "\n");
-        if (offsetCode < 3) {
+        if (STORED_IS_REPCODE(offsetCode)) {  /* expects sumtype numeric representation of ZSTD_storeSeq() */
             DISPLAYLEVEL(7, "        repeat offset: %d\n", (int)repIndex);
         }
         /* use libzstd sequence handling */
@@ -951,7 +948,7 @@ static size_t writeSequences(U32* seed, frame_t* frame, seqStore_t* seqStorePtr,
         if (MEM_32bits()) BIT_flushBits(&blockStream);
         BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[nbSeq-1].mlBase, ML_bits[mlCodeTable[nbSeq-1]]);
         if (MEM_32bits()) BIT_flushBits(&blockStream);
-        BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[nbSeq-1].offset, ofCodeTable[nbSeq-1]);
+        BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[nbSeq-1].offBase, ofCodeTable[nbSeq-1]);
         BIT_flushBits(&blockStream);
 
         {   size_t n;
@@ -973,7 +970,7 @@ static size_t writeSequences(U32* seed, frame_t* frame, seqStore_t* seqStorePtr,
                 if (MEM_32bits() && ((llBits+mlBits)>24)) BIT_flushBits(&blockStream);
                 BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[n].mlBase, mlBits);
                 if (MEM_32bits()) BIT_flushBits(&blockStream);                  /* (7)*/
-                BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[n].offset, ofBits);         /* 31 */
+                BIT_addBits(&blockStream, sequences[n].offBase, ofBits);         /* 31 */
                 BIT_flushBits(&blockStream);                                    /* (7)*/
         }   }
 
diff --git a/tests/fuzz/.gitignore b/tests/fuzz/.gitignore
index 02c2f10be..28f2b8da4 100644
--- a/tests/fuzz/.gitignore
+++ b/tests/fuzz/.gitignore
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ decompress_dstSize_tooSmall
 fse_read_ncount
 sequence_compression_api
 seekable_roundtrip
+huf_decompress
 huf_round_trip
 fuzz-*.log
 rt_lib_*
diff --git a/tests/fuzz/sequence_compression_api.c b/tests/fuzz/sequence_compression_api.c
index cc840bf80..a2959e1ac 100644
--- a/tests/fuzz/sequence_compression_api.c
+++ b/tests/fuzz/sequence_compression_api.c
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ static size_t decodeSequences(void* dst, size_t nbSequences,
                               size_t literalsSize, const void* dict, size_t dictSize) {
     const uint8_t* litPtr = literalsBuffer;
     const uint8_t* const litBegin = literalsBuffer;
-    const uint8_t* const litEnd = literalsBuffer + literalsSize;
+    const uint8_t* const litEnd = litBegin + literalsSize;
     const uint8_t* dictPtr = dict;
     uint8_t* op = dst;
-    const uint8_t* const oend = dst + ZSTD_FUZZ_GENERATED_SRC_MAXSIZE;
+    const uint8_t* const oend = (uint8_t*)dst + ZSTD_FUZZ_GENERATED_SRC_MAXSIZE;
     size_t generatedSrcBufferSize = 0;
     size_t bytesWritten = 0;
     uint32_t lastLLSize;
diff --git a/tests/fuzz/zstd_helpers.c b/tests/fuzz/zstd_helpers.c
index 0fbf3bed7..f66579754 100644
--- a/tests/fuzz/zstd_helpers.c
+++ b/tests/fuzz/zstd_helpers.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ FUZZ_dict_t FUZZ_train(void const* src, size_t srcSize, FUZZ_dataProducer_t *pro
       size_t const offset = FUZZ_dataProducer_uint32Range(producer, 0, MAX(srcSize, 1) - 1);
       size_t const limit = MIN(srcSize - offset, remaining);
       size_t const toCopy = MIN(limit, remaining / (nbSamples - sample));
-      memcpy(samples + pos, src + offset, toCopy);
+      memcpy(samples + pos, (const char*)src + offset, toCopy);
       pos += toCopy;
       samplesSizes[sample] = toCopy;
     }