File: phast_pbs_code.c

package info (click to toggle)
phast 1.6%2Bdfsg-3
  • links: PTS, VCS
  • area: main
  • in suites: bookworm
  • size: 13,008 kB
  • sloc: ansic: 54,203; makefile: 361; sh: 348; perl: 321
file content (581 lines) | stat: -rw-r--r-- 19,825 bytes parent folder | download | duplicates (2)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
273
274
275
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300
301
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
320
321
322
323
324
325
326
327
328
329
330
331
332
333
334
335
336
337
338
339
340
341
342
343
344
345
346
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
359
360
361
362
363
364
365
366
367
368
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417
418
419
420
421
422
423
424
425
426
427
428
429
430
431
432
433
434
435
436
437
438
439
440
441
442
443
444
445
446
447
448
449
450
451
452
453
454
455
456
457
458
459
460
461
462
463
464
465
466
467
468
469
470
471
472
473
474
475
476
477
478
479
480
481
482
483
484
485
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
499
500
501
502
503
504
505
506
507
508
509
510
511
512
513
514
515
516
517
518
519
520
521
522
523
524
525
526
527
528
529
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
/***************************************************************************
 * PHAST: PHylogenetic Analysis with Space/Time models
 * Copyright (c) 2002-2005 University of California, 2006-2010 Cornell 
 * University.  All rights reserved.
 *
 * This source code is distributed under a BSD-style license.  See the
 * file LICENSE.txt for details.
 ***************************************************************************/

/** discrete encodings of probabilistic biological sequences */


#include <phast/misc.h>
#include <phast/pbs_code.h>
#include <time.h>

PbsCode *pbs_new(int dim, int nrows, int nbytes) {
  int i;
  PbsCode *retval = smalloc(sizeof(PbsCode));
  retval->max_size = ~(~0 << (8*nbytes)); /* e.g., 255 for nbytes = 1, 65535
					    for nbytes = 2; note that
					    max_size itself will be a
					    reserved code, for gaps */
  retval->sg = sxg_build_grid(dim, nrows);
  retval->rp = smalloc(retval->max_size * sizeof(void*));
  retval->nbytes = nbytes;
  retval->code_size = retval->sg->nregs;
  retval->gap_code = retval->max_size;

  if (retval->code_size >= retval->max_size)
    die("pbs_new: retval->code_size %i >= retval->max_size %i", 
	retval->code_size, retval->max_size);
  if (nbytes > MAX_NBYTES)
    die("pbs_new: nbytes (%i) <= %i", nbytes, MAX_NBYTES);

  /* initialize representative points to centroids of simplex regions */
  retval->codes_by_region = smalloc(retval->sg->nregs * sizeof(void*));
  for (i = 0; i < retval->sg->nregs; i++) {
    retval->rp[i] = vec_create_copy(retval->sg->sr[i]->centroid);
    retval->codes_by_region[i] = lst_new_int(1);
    lst_push_int(retval->codes_by_region[i], i);
  }

  return retval;
}

/* like pbs_new, but take given code_size and don't initialize based
   on simplex; for use when code is known */
PbsCode *pbs_new_shell(int dim, int nrows, int nbytes, int code_size) {
  PbsCode *retval = smalloc(sizeof(PbsCode));
  int i;
  retval->max_size = ~(~0 << (8*nbytes)); /* e.g., 255 for nbytes = 1, 65535
					    for nbytes = 2; note that
					    max_size itself will be a
					    reserved code, for gaps */
  if (code_size > retval->max_size)
    die("pbs_new_shell: code_size (%i) > retval->max_size (%i)\n",
	code_size, retval->max_size);
  if (nbytes > MAX_NBYTES)
    die("pbs_new_shell: nbytes (%i) > MAX_NBYTES\n", nbytes, MAX_NBYTES);

  retval->sg = sxg_build_grid(dim, nrows);
  retval->rp = smalloc(code_size * sizeof(void*));
  for (i = 0; i < code_size; i++) retval->rp[i] = NULL;
  retval->nbytes = nbytes;
  retval->code_size = code_size;
  retval->gap_code = retval->max_size;
  retval->codes_by_region = smalloc(retval->sg->nregs * sizeof(void*));
  for (i = 0; i < retval->sg->nregs; i++) 
    retval->codes_by_region[i] = lst_new_int(1);

  return retval;
}

void pbs_free(PbsCode *code) {
  int i;
  for (i = 0; i < code->sg->nregs; i++)
    lst_free(code->codes_by_region[i]);
  sfree(code->codes_by_region);
  sxg_free_grid(code->sg);
  for (i = 0; i < code->code_size; i++)
    vec_free(code->rp[i]);
  sfree(code->rp);
  sfree(code);
}

PbsCode *pbs_new_from_file(FILE *F) {
  pcre2_compile_context *nrows_re = str_re_new("##NROWS[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*([0-9]+)"),
    *dimension_re = str_re_new("##DIMENSION[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*([0-9]+)"),
    *nbytes_re = str_re_new("##NBYTES[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*([0-9]+)"),
    *codesize_re = str_re_new("##CODESIZE[[:space:]]*=[[:space:]]*([0-9]+)");
  String *line = str_new(STR_MED_LEN);
  List *fields = lst_new_ptr(50);
  int nrows = -1, dimension = -1, nbytes = -1, codesize = -1;
  PbsCode *code = NULL;

  while (str_readline(line, F) != EOF) {
    str_trim(line);
    if (line->length == 0) continue;

    if (code == NULL) {		/* still reading header */
      if (str_re_match(line, nrows_re, fields, 1) >= 0) 
	str_as_int(lst_get_ptr(fields, 1), &nrows);
      else if (str_re_match(line, dimension_re, fields, 1) >= 0) 
	str_as_int(lst_get_ptr(fields, 1), &dimension);
      else if (str_re_match(line, nbytes_re, fields, 1) >= 0) 
	str_as_int(lst_get_ptr(fields, 1), &nbytes);
      else if (str_re_match(line, codesize_re, fields, 1) >= 0) 
	str_as_int(lst_get_ptr(fields, 1), &codesize);
      else if (line->chars[0] == '#') continue; /* comment between
						   header lines */
      else die("ERROR: malformed header in code file.\n");

      if (nrows >= 0 && dimension >= 0 && nbytes >= 0 && codesize >= 0) 
	code = pbs_new_shell(dimension, nrows, nbytes, codesize);
    }

    else if (line->chars[0] == '#') continue;

    else {			/* code lines */
      Vector *p;
      int i, codeidx;
      double tmpprob;

      str_split(line, NULL, fields);
      if (lst_size(fields) != dimension + 1)
	die("ERROR: code lines in code file must have dimension + 1 columns.\n");

      if (str_as_int(lst_get_ptr(fields, 0), &codeidx) != 0 ||
	  codeidx < 0 || codeidx >= codesize)
	die ("ERROR: bad index in code file ('%s')\n", lst_get_ptr(fields, 0));

      p = vec_new(dimension);
      for (i = 0; i < dimension; i++) {
	if (str_as_dbl(lst_get_ptr(fields, i+1), &tmpprob) != 0 ||
	    tmpprob < 0 || tmpprob > 1)
	  die("ERROR: bad probability in code file ('%s')\n", lst_get_ptr(fields, i+1));
	vec_set(p, i, tmpprob);
      }

      if (code->rp[codeidx] != NULL) 
	die("ERROR: nonunique code index in code file (%d)\n", codeidx);

      code->rp[codeidx] = p;
    }

    lst_free_strings(fields);
  }

  pbs_assign_points(code);

  str_free(line);
  lst_free(fields);
  str_re_free(nrows_re);
  str_re_free(dimension_re);
  str_re_free(nbytes_re);
  str_re_free(codesize_re);

  return code;
}

void pbs_write(PbsCode *c, FILE *F, char *comment) {
  int i, j;

  fprintf(F, "##NROWS = %d\n", c->sg->nrows);
  fprintf(F, "##DIMENSION = %d\n", c->sg->d);
  fprintf(F, "##NBYTES = %d\n", c->nbytes);
  fprintf(F, "##CODESIZE = %d\n\n", c->code_size);

  if (comment != NULL) 		/* line formatting and '#' prefix must be
				   taken care of in calling code  */
    fprintf(F, "%s\n", comment);

  fprintf(F, "# Each index of the code is shown below with its representative probability\n\
# vector (p1, p2, ..., pd).\n\n");

  fprintf(F, "#code_index p1 p2 ...\n");

  for (i = 0; i < c->code_size; i++) {
    fprintf(F, "%d\t", i);
    for (j = 0; j < c->sg->d; j++) 
      fprintf(F, "%f%s", c->rp[i]->data[j], j == c->sg->d - 1? "\n" : "\t");
  }
}

/* assign representative points to simplex regions */
void pbs_assign_points(PbsCode *c) {
  int i;
  for (i = 0; i < c->sg->nregs; i++) lst_clear(c->codes_by_region[i]); 
  for (i = 0; i < c->code_size; i++) {
    SimplexRegion *r = sxg_get_region(c->sg, c->rp[i]);
    lst_push_int(c->codes_by_region[r->idx], i);
  }    
}

/* get code index for probability vector; if 'errorVal' is non-null, it
   will be set equal to the symmetric KL divergence between the vector
   and the representative point */
unsigned pbs_get_index(PbsCode *code, Vector *p, double *errorVal) {
  unsigned retval=-1;
  double min_d = INFTY + 1;	/* because min distance could be INFTY */
  int i;
  SimplexRegion *r = sxg_get_region(code->sg, p);
  int ncodes = lst_size(code->codes_by_region[r->idx]);

  if (ncodes == 0)
    die("ERROR: no representative points for simplex region.\n");
  else if (ncodes == 1 && errorVal == NULL)
    return lst_get_int(code->codes_by_region[r->idx], 0);

  for (i = 0; i < ncodes; i++) {
    int idx = lst_get_int(code->codes_by_region[r->idx], i);
    double d = sym_rel_entropy(p->data, code->rp[idx]->data, p->size);
    if (d < min_d) {
      retval = idx;
      min_d = d;
    }
  }

  if (errorVal != NULL) *errorVal = min_d;

  return retval;
}

/* save a copy of the representative points for a given simplex
   region (used below) */
void save_points(PbsCode *code, int region_idx, Vector **copy) {
  int i;
  for (i = 0; i < lst_size(code->codes_by_region[region_idx]); i++) 
    vec_copy(copy[i], code->rp[lst_get_int(code->codes_by_region[region_idx], i)]);
}

/* restore saved representative points (used below) */
void restore_points(PbsCode *code, int region_idx, Vector **copy) {
  int i;
  for (i = 0; i < lst_size(code->codes_by_region[region_idx]); i++) 
    vec_copy(code->rp[lst_get_int(code->codes_by_region[region_idx], i)], copy[i]);
}


/* for a given region, assign vectors to representative points and
   return total error. */
double assign_vectors(PbsCodeTrainingData *td, int region_idx) {
  int i, code;
  double error, tot_error = 0;  

  /* clear previous assignment */
  for (i = 0; i < lst_size(td->code->codes_by_region[region_idx]); i++) {
    code = lst_get_int(td->code->codes_by_region[region_idx], i);
    lst_clear(td->vectors_by_code[code]);
    lst_clear(td->counts_by_code[code]);
    td->error_by_code[code] = 0;
  }

  for (i = 0; i < lst_size(td->vectors_by_region[region_idx]); i++) {
    code = pbs_get_index(td->code, lst_get_ptr(td->vectors_by_region[region_idx], i), 
			 &error);
    error *= lst_get_int(td->counts_by_region[region_idx], i);
    tot_error += error;
    td->error_by_code[code] += error;
    lst_push_ptr(td->vectors_by_code[code], 
		 lst_get_ptr(td->vectors_by_region[region_idx], i));
    lst_push_int(td->counts_by_code[code], 
		 lst_get_int(td->counts_by_region[region_idx], i));
  }

  td->error_by_region[region_idx] = tot_error;
  return tot_error;
}

/* refine the representative points within a given simplex region
   using a variant of the k-means algorithm.  Initialization must be
   external */
double k_means(PbsCodeTrainingData *td, int region_idx) {
  int i, code, niterations = 0;
  double err, olderr = INFTY;

  while (TRUE) {
    err = assign_vectors(td, region_idx);

    if (err >= olderr) {
      err = olderr;		/* rp will still reflect last
				   iteration; vectors_by_code
				   etc. will be out of sync but that's
				   okay */
      break;
    }

    for (i = 0; i < lst_size(td->code->codes_by_region[region_idx]); i++) {
      code = lst_get_int(td->code->codes_by_region[region_idx], i);
      if (lst_size(td->vectors_by_code[code]) > 0)
	vec_ave(td->code->rp[code], td->vectors_by_code[code], 
		td->counts_by_code[code]);
    }
    
    niterations++;

    if (niterations == 50) break;

    olderr = err;
  }

  return err;
}

/* attempt to optimize codes for given region; uses k-means algorithm
   with multiple restarts */
double pbs_optimize_region(PbsCodeTrainingData *td, int region_idx,
			   FILE *log_f) {
  int i, trial, idx, 
    ncodes = lst_size(td->code->codes_by_region[region_idx]);
  unsigned long nchoices;	/* can get large */
  Vector *freqs = vec_new(lst_size(td->vectors_by_region[region_idx]));
  double error, best_error;
  Vector **best_rp = smalloc(ncodes * sizeof(void*));

  /* find initial assignment and error, save initial representative
     points */
  best_error = assign_vectors(td, region_idx);
  if (log_f != NULL)
    fprintf(log_f, "Before k-means: %f\n", best_error);
  for (i = 0; i < ncodes; i++) best_rp[i] = vec_new(td->code->sg->d);
  save_points(td->code, region_idx, best_rp);

  /* now try several initializations of k-means and take the best one.
     Use elements in region_vectors as starting points.  If the number
     of vectors is small enough, try all combinations; otherwise, make
     several random draws, weighting the vectors by their counts */

  nchoices = combinations(lst_size(td->vectors_by_region[region_idx]), ncodes);

  if (nchoices < 50) {
    int *index = smalloc(ncodes * sizeof(int));
    index[0] = -1;		/* used by next_comb */
    while (next_comb(lst_size(td->vectors_by_region[region_idx]), ncodes, index)) {
      for (i = 0; i < ncodes; i++) 
	vec_copy(td->code->rp[lst_get_int(td->code->codes_by_region[region_idx], i)], 
		 lst_get_ptr(td->vectors_by_region[region_idx], index[i]));
      error = k_means(td, region_idx);
      if (error < best_error) {
	save_points(td->code, region_idx, best_rp);
	best_error = error;
      }
    }
    sfree(index);
  }
  else {
    for (trial = 0; trial < 10; trial++) {
      /* randomly draw ncodes starting points from region_vectors,
	 without replacement */
      for (i = 0; i < lst_size(td->vectors_by_region[region_idx]); i++) 
	vec_set(freqs, i, lst_get_int(td->counts_by_region[region_idx], i));
      for (i = 0; i < ncodes; i++) {
	normalize_probs(freqs->data, freqs->size);
	idx = draw_index(freqs->data, freqs->size);
	vec_copy(td->code->rp[lst_get_int(td->code->codes_by_region[region_idx], i)], 
		 lst_get_ptr(td->vectors_by_region[region_idx], idx));
	freqs->data[idx] = 0;	/* ensures won't be drawn again */
      }
      error = k_means(td, region_idx);
      if (error < best_error) {
	save_points(td->code, region_idx, best_rp);
	best_error = error;
      }
    }
  }

  restore_points(td->code, region_idx, best_rp);
  best_error = assign_vectors(td, region_idx);

  if (log_f != NULL)
    fprintf(log_f, "After k-means: %f\n", best_error);

  for (i = 0; i < ncodes; i++) vec_free(best_rp[i]);
  sfree(best_rp);
  vec_free(freqs);

  return best_error;
}

PbsCodeTrainingData *pbs_new_training_data(PbsCode *code, List *prob_vectors, 
					   List *counts) {
  int i, init_size;
  PbsCodeTrainingData *td;

  if (lst_size(prob_vectors) != lst_size(counts))
    die("ERROR: pbs_new_training_data: prob_vectors of different size (%i) than counts (%i)\n", lst_size(prob_vectors), lst_size(counts));
  if (lst_size(prob_vectors) <= 0)
    die("ERROR: pbs_new_training_data: prob_vectors must have size > 0 (has size %i)\n", lst_size(prob_vectors));

  td = smalloc(sizeof(PbsCodeTrainingData));
  td->code = code;
  td->prob_vectors = prob_vectors;
  td->counts = counts;
  td->vectors_by_region = smalloc(code->sg->nregs * sizeof(void*));
  td->counts_by_region = smalloc(code->sg->nregs * sizeof(void*));
  td->vectors_by_code = smalloc(code->max_size * sizeof(void*));
  td->counts_by_code = smalloc(code->max_size * sizeof(void*));
  td->error_by_region = smalloc(code->sg->nregs * sizeof(double));
  td->error_by_code = smalloc(code->max_size * sizeof(double));
  init_size = max(5, lst_size(prob_vectors) / code->sg->nregs);

  for (i = 0; i < code->sg->nregs; i++) {
    td->vectors_by_region[i] = lst_new_ptr(init_size);
    td->counts_by_region[i] = lst_new_int(init_size);
    td->error_by_region[i] = 0;
  }
  for (i = 0; i < code->max_size; i++) {
    td->vectors_by_code[i] = lst_new_ptr(init_size);
    td->counts_by_code[i] = lst_new_int(init_size);
    td->error_by_code[i] = 0;
  }

  /* vectors/counts by region can be defined up front and won't
     change */
  for (i = 0; i < lst_size(prob_vectors); i++) {
    Vector *v = lst_get_ptr(prob_vectors, i);
    SimplexRegion *reg = sxg_get_region(code->sg, v);
    lst_push_ptr(td->vectors_by_region[reg->idx], v);
    lst_push_int(td->counts_by_region[reg->idx], lst_get_int(counts, i));
  }

  return td;
}

void pbs_free_training_data(PbsCodeTrainingData *td) {
  int i;
  for (i = 0; i < td->code->sg->nregs; i++) {
    lst_free(td->vectors_by_region[i]);
    lst_free(td->counts_by_region[i]);
  }
  for (i = 0; i < td->code->max_size; i++) {
    lst_free(td->vectors_by_code[i]);
    lst_free(td->counts_by_code[i]);
  }
  sfree(td->vectors_by_region);
  sfree(td->counts_by_region);
  sfree(td->vectors_by_code);
  sfree(td->counts_by_code);
  sfree(td->error_by_region);
  sfree(td->error_by_code);
  sfree(td);
}

/* returns average training error */
/* works with any initial set of representative points */
double pbs_estimate_from_data(PbsCode *code, List *prob_vectors, 
			      List *counts, FILE *logf, 
			      training_mode mode) {
  int i, j, tot_count = 0;
  unsigned idx;
  double tot_error = 0;
  PbsCodeTrainingData *td = pbs_new_training_data(code, prob_vectors, counts);

  if (lst_size(prob_vectors) != lst_size(counts))
    die("ERROR: pbs_estimate_from_data: prob_vectors of different size (%i) than counts (%i)\n", lst_size(prob_vectors), lst_size(counts));
  if (lst_size(prob_vectors) <= 0)
    die("ERROR: pbs_estimate_from_data: prob_vectors must have size > 0 (has size %i)\n", lst_size(prob_vectors));

  for (i = 0; i < lst_size(counts); i++) 
    tot_count += lst_get_int(counts, i);

  /* initialize by setting representative point for each code index to
     pointwise average of assigned vectors; this is a first order
     optimization */
  for (i = 0; i < code->sg->nregs; i++) { /* process by region */
    assign_vectors(td, i);
    for (j = 0; j < lst_size(code->codes_by_region[i]); j++) {
      idx = lst_get_int(code->codes_by_region[i], j);
      if (lst_size(td->vectors_by_code[idx]) > 0)
	vec_ave(td->code->rp[idx], td->vectors_by_code[idx], 
		td->counts_by_code[idx]);
    }
    assign_vectors(td, i);	/* needed to update error_by_code */
  }

  /* output to log */
  if (logf != NULL) {
    for (i = 0; i < code->code_size; i++) {
      fprintf(logf, "%5d ", i);
      for (j = 0; j < code->rp[i]->size; j++)
	fprintf(logf, "%7.3f ", code->rp[i]->data[j]);
      fprintf(logf, "%6d %9.1f\n", lst_size(td->vectors_by_code[i]), 
	      fabs(td->error_by_code[i]));
    }
  }      

  /* now add code indices greedily until all have been used */
  if (mode == FULL) {
    for (i = code->code_size; i < code->max_size; i++) {
      double max_error = -1;
      int worst = -1;

      /* identify region with worst error */
      for (j = 0; j < code->sg->nregs; j++) {
	if (lst_size(code->codes_by_region[j]) > 8) 
	  continue;		/* don't add more than 8 codes to a region */ 
	if (td->error_by_region[j] > max_error) {
	  max_error = td->error_by_region[j];
	  worst = j;
	}
      }

      if (max_error == 0) break; /* possible if code size is as large
				    as number of input vectors */

      if (logf != NULL) {
	fprintf(logf, "\nWorst region: %d\n", worst);
	if (lst_size(code->codes_by_region[worst]) == 8)
	  fprintf(logf, "(Now max no. representative points)\n");
      }

      code->rp[i] = vec_create_copy(code->sg->sr[worst]->centroid); 
      /* (arbitrary initialization) */
      lst_push_int(code->codes_by_region[worst], i);
      code->code_size++;

      pbs_optimize_region(td, worst, logf);
    }
  }

   if (logf != NULL) { 
     int k; 
     fprintf(logf, "\n\n"); 
     for (i = 0; i < code->code_size; i++) { 
       fprintf(logf, "%3d ", i); 
       for (j = 0; j < code->rp[i]->size; j++) 
	 fprintf(logf, "%7.3f ", code->rp[i]->data[j]); 
       fprintf(logf, "\n"); 
       for (j = 0; j < lst_size(td->vectors_by_code[i]); j++) { 
	 Vector *v = lst_get_ptr(td->vectors_by_code[i], j); 
	 fprintf(logf, "    "); 
	 for (k = 0; k < v->size; k++) 
	   fprintf(logf, "%7.3f ", v->data[k]); 
	 fprintf(logf, "%8d\n", lst_get_int(td->counts_by_code[i], j)); 
       } 
     } 
   } 

  tot_error = 0; 
  for (i = 0; i < code->code_size; i++)
    tot_error += td->error_by_code[i];

  pbs_free_training_data(td);
  
  return tot_error / tot_count;
}

/* write code index in binary form, allowing for variable nbytes */
void pbs_write_binary(PbsCode *code, unsigned code_idx, FILE *F) {
  unsigned char bytes[MAX_NBYTES];
  int i;

  /* as discussed in Kernighan & Pike (The Practice of Programming;
     pp. 206-207), write in canonical format, to avoid
     incompatibilities between little endian and big endian
     architectures.  We'll go from high- to low-order */

  for (i = code->nbytes - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    bytes[i] = code_idx & ~(~0 << 8); /* see Kernighan and Ritchie, p. 49 */
    if (i > 0) code_idx >>= 8;
  }

  fwrite(bytes, code->nbytes, 1, F);
}

/* read code index in binary form, allowing for variable nbytes;
   returns EOF when end of file is reached */
int pbs_read_binary(PbsCode *code, unsigned *code_idx, FILE *F) {
  unsigned char bytes[MAX_NBYTES];
  int i;
  *code_idx = 0;
  if (fread(bytes, code->nbytes, 1, F) == 0) 
    return EOF;
  for (i = 0; i < code->nbytes; i++) {
    if (i > 0) *code_idx <<= 8;
    *code_idx |= bytes[i];
  }
  return 0;
}