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  | .no_match: | ||
| pop de | ||
| ld hl, (end_arc_lib_locs) | ||
| call ti.CpHLDE ; have we reached the end of the table? | ||
| or a, a | ||
| sbc hl, de ; have we reached the end of the table? | ||
|  | ||
| push af | ||
| ex de, hl | ||
| ld de, 15 ; size of search entry (9=name, 3=ram ptr, 3=arc vec ptr) | ||
| ld hl, 15 ; size of search entry (9=name, 3=ram ptr, 3=arc vec ptr) | ||
| add hl, de | ||
| ex de, hl ; end of the extraction table? | ||
| pop af | 
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Proof that this transformation is valid
        ; Original
        ld      de, Y
        ld      hl, X
        or      a, a
        sbc     hl, de  ; HL = X -  Y, DE = Y
        add     hl, de  ; HL = X     , DE = Y
        ex      de, hl  ; HL = Y     , DE = X
        ld      de, 15  ; HL = Y     , DE =     15
        add     hl, de  ; HL = Y + 15, DE =     15
        ex      de, hl  ; HL =     15, DE = Y + 15
        pop     hl      ; HL =      ?, DE = Y + 15
        ; Optimized
        ld      de, Y
        ld      hl, X
        or      a, a
        sbc     hl, de  ; HL = X -  Y, DE = Y
        ld      hl, 15  ; HL =     15, DE = Y
        add     hl, de  ; HL = Y + 15, DE = Y
        ex      de, hl  ; HL =      Y, DE = Y + 15
        pop     hl      ; HL =      ?, DE = Y + 15b83e795    to
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Applied some optimizations to libload to reduce size.