Both arrays are one record per integrated observation - tens of millions on a fine-sliced long axis,
gigabytes each - and both carry the raw hkl only to sort and group on. A Miller index needs sixteen
bits (|h| <= a / d_min, in the hundreds even on the longest axis at atomic resolution), which takes
the ingest sort key from 24 to 20 bytes and the post-refine partial from 32 to 28.
Same comparisons, same order; merged output byte-identical.
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