/// Lookup table: maps ASCII byte to base index.
/// 0=A, 1=C, 2=G, 3=T, 4=N, 5=other
///
/// Using a lookup table instead of match/if-else eliminates branch misprediction
/// on random DNA data (where each branch has ~25% probability, the worst case
/// for branch predictors).
pub const BASE_INDEX: = ;
/// Index constants for readability.
pub const IDX_A: usize = 0;
pub const IDX_C: usize = 1;
pub const IDX_G: usize = 2;
pub const IDX_T: usize = 3;
pub const IDX_N: usize = 4;