> Huffman, ANS, arithmetic coding, etc do not include the frequency counts as part of the size afaik, though of course that needs to be stored to decode, if not please link me.
They may or they may not. There are schemes doing both. Either way, you cannot compare arithmetic coding given no information to your scheme that is given the exact frequencies of every symbol.
They may or they may not. There are schemes doing both. Either way, you cannot compare arithmetic coding given no information to your scheme that is given the exact frequencies of every symbol.