Re: [hybi] frame length encoding

Patrick McManus <mcmanus@ducksong.com> Sat, 21 August 2010 23:59 UTC

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On Sat, 2010-08-21 at 17:25 -0400, Shelby Moore wrote:
> [snip]
> 
> > 32 bits with chunking would be fine to accommodate zero copy.
> >
> > there are some folks that want to be able to send any message in one
> > chunk for unrelated reasons.
> 
> How can they send in one chunk if their file size is greater than 32 bit
> length, if you limit the size to 32bit?

I did not say they could fit 33 bits of stuff in a 32 bit bucket.

I said that some folks want a >32 bit chunk size for reasons unrelated
to zero copying performance.