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Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Checking frame type encoding? (#2155)

MikkelFJ <notifications@github.com> Thu, 13 December 2018 21:02 UTC

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I believe this is because it allows for fast switch statements in frame processing. It is what makes it affordable to use varints in extension frames. For two byte+ this could be relaxed, but even here, it allows for faster lookups. The situation is different where varints represent countable entities.

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