Re: JSON headers - No: CBOR headers

Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> Wed, 13 July 2016 02:47 UTC

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From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:42:15 +1000
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To: Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
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On 13 July 2016 at 10:57, Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> wrote:
> Consistent overhead byte stuffing (COBS)?  (Just brainstorming.  Don’t know
> how important consistent overhead is here.)

I wouldn't bother with COBS, I would just negotiate or signal the use
of a new encoding, and say that that comes with no attached meaning
for 0x0.  I think that also fits neatly with PHK's desire to remove
multiple instances of the same header field.