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Re: [hybi] Framing take IV

Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> Wed, 04 August 2010 01:35 UTC

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Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:32:33 +0000
From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
To: Scott Ferguson <ferg@caucho.com>
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On Tue, 3 Aug 2010, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > 
> > I agree. I can't see any benefit to fragmentation over a variable-size 
> > length field for an initial version without multiplexing. If the 
> > variable-size length field is well-designed, then in the common case 
> > where the message size is small it will only cost one extra branch to 
> > read the length. In the rare case where the message size is large, a 
> > variable-size length is easier to deal with than reassembling 
> > fragments, and easier on the sending side too.
> 
> Some of us don't have infinite memory when sending messages.

Why do you need infinite memory?

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