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Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Clarify PADDING vs PING frames (#838)

Igor Lubashev <notifications@github.com> Sat, 07 October 2017 00:47 UTC

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Subject: Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Clarify PADDING vs PING frames (#838)
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ACK as PADDING may be technically possible, but I would hate us doing so. First, it is a hack for which there is no good reason (we have enough frame numbers). Second, it is marginally more expensive to process an ACK frame than to skip a PADDING frame.

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