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Straw Poll: Restore Header Table and Static Table Indices

Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net> Mon, 06 October 2014 19:27 UTC

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Thanks, Jeff.

I see people have already started to respond to this. 

Everyone else, please do the same — if you think this needs more discussion, please do so, but I think we’re at a point where people can just state their preferences.

Regards,


On 7 Oct 2014, at 2:02 am, Jeff Pinner <jpinner@twitter.com> wrote:

> As request by Mark, I propose that the current HPACK draft be changed
> such that Sec. 2.3.3 Index Address Space reads,
> 
> "Indices between 1 and the length of the dynamic table (inclusive)
> refer to elements in the dynamic table.
> 
> Indices strictly greater than the length of the dynamic table refer to
> elements in the static table. The length of the dynamic table is
> subtracted from the index into the static table."
> 
> with the associated diagram updated. This reverts the change made
> between draft -08 and -09 in the change log, "Exchanged header and
> static table positions."
> 

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