Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] First octet changes (#2006)

[Christian Huitema <[e-mail]>]

huitema commented on this pull request.



> -including only a variable number of the least significant bits of the packet
-number.  One or two of the most significant bits of the first byte are then used
-to represent how many bits of the packet number are provided, as shown in
-{{pn-encodings}}.
-
-| First byte pattern | Encoded Length | Bits Present |
-|:-------------------|:---------------|:-------------|
-| 0b0xxxxxxx         | 1 byte         | 7            |
-| 0b10xxxxxx         | 2              | 14           |
-| 0b11xxxxxx         | 4              | 30           |
-{: #pn-encodings title="Packet Number Encodings for Packet Headers"}
-
-Note that these encodings are similar to those in {{integer-encoding}}, but
-use different values.
+Packet numbers in long and short packet headers are encoded on 1 to 4 octets.
+The number of bits required to represent the packet number reduced by including

I think this sentence really means, "compared to the previous draft, the number of bits required to encode the PN is reduced, because we steal 2 bits from the first octet." Which makes sense now as we are arguing about details, but really does not belong in the final spec. In the final spec, the encoding is what it is, and that's it.

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