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Re: [ogpx] type-system : eliminate closing tags for collections in binary serialization?

Joshua Bell <josh@lindenlab.com> Tue, 30 March 2010 18:12 UTC

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On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Joshua Bell <josh@lindenlab.com> wrote:

> However, having just implemented a binary serializer, it occurred to me
> that the 'k' indicator for map keys is also unnecessary baggage. If we are
> truly trying to minimize byte count, that could go too.
>
>
To clarify the above:

Map keys are always strings, and keys occur in predictable locations in a
stream based on context. Therefore, strictly speaking, *no* tag is
necessary; a binary LLSD parser would always know when to begin parsing a
key, and could start immediately with reading the four-octet length.

(But I'm not advocating for the removal of unnecessary bytes.)

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