Re: [hybi] frame length encoding

["Shelby Moore" <[e-mail]>]

> On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Shelby Moore <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
>> I meant in the case where maximum size had been negotiated to 15-bits.
>>
>
>>
> Of course Option 1/15-bit would still support 8 byte size when the maximum
>> size was negotiated to larger than 32767.
>>
>
> I don't think it would be a good idea to have the interpretation of the
> framing itself vary depending on the handshake.  I realize it could work,
> but I would prefer that if the field is a 15-bit length then it always
> means
> that, not with a special case of 7FFF meaning an extra 8-byte length field
> is present, but only when the negotiated maximum frame size was greater
> than
> 32766.
>
> If people are complaining about the complexity of the existing proposals,
> I
> would hate to hear them after this.
>
> Also, it effectively ties defining the framing to defining the handshake,
> since you cannot properly interpret a frame without knowing the handshake.


So then the maximum size from the handshake is not a maximum size and the
other end can violate it.

I can really hear the complaining from that.  "What the maximum size is
not a maximum size, it is just a mild suggestion?!?!"