Re: JSON headers - No: CBOR headers from Martin Thomson on 2016-07-13 (ietf-http-wg@w3.org from July to September 2016)

From: Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 12:42:15 +1000
To: Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org>
Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, HTTP Working Group <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CABkgnnUvP8afx93Jxdz8Fshuq+UQ7EX4p+RjR45YBB7dcS4Qxg@mail.gmail.com>

On 13 July 2016 at 10:57, Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> wrote:
> Consistent overhead byte stuffing (COBS)?  (Just brainstorming.  Don’t know
> how important consistent overhead is here.)

I wouldn't bother with COBS, I would just negotiate or signal the use
of a new encoding, and say that that comes with no attached meaning
for 0x0.  I think that also fits neatly with PHK's desire to remove
multiple instances of the same header field.

Received on Wednesday, 13 July 2016 02:42:44 UTC