Re: Design Issue: Separate HEADERS and PRIORITY Frames, Eliminate HEADERS+PRIORITY

I have feelings about this bike shed color, but I don't care enough to
argue why mine is the best color ever. I am satisfied that there is a way
to convey priority within the same frame as the headers.


On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Jeff Pinner <jpinner@twitter.com> wrote:

> At the time Roberto made the argument that the number of flags (8) was
> more sparse than the number of frame types (256), but IIRC this was based
> on the flags applying to all Control frames. At this point we have (at
> least implicitly) decided that flags are frame-type specific (see PONG
> flag), so I don't believe the argument is valid any more.
>
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> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I remember having almost this exact discussion in Tokyo.  The only
>> point that didn't come up this time was an argument Roberto made,
>> namely: "A frame type is cheaper (fewer bits) than a flag."
>>
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