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in thread Using File::ReadBackwards or equivalent on pre-existing file handle

Somewhat sneaky, thanks. I was trying to avoid intermediate storage, as in the worst case I need to store 2.5 million positions (lines in the file), but I guess that's doable on modern machines.

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