Re: Last call comments on WOFF

On Feb 9, 2011, at 15:23, Jonathan Kew wrote:

> On 12 Jan 2011, at 15:16, Bert Bos wrote:
> 
>> 5) Section 4 / section 8. I like the rigorous error handling: if the  
>> decompressed length is not what was declared as origLength, the file  
>> _must_ be rejected. No attempts to second-guess what the encoder  
>> "intended" to do.
>> 
>> On the other hand, it's a bit wasteful to use four bytes to store an  
>> origLength. One bit to indicate compression would have been enough.  
>> There is no actual need to check the length, because there is already  
>> a checksum.
> 
> The origLength for each table is stored in the WOFF file as a convenience for UAs (or other tools) that need to decompress the tables: it allows the necessary buffer space to be pre-allocated in a single operation, without needing to interpret the compressed data once just to determine the space needed and then a second time to actually decompress, or to dynamically expand the destination buffer during decompression.
> 
> Please let us know if this adequately addresses your comment.

It's not an important issue. I'm fine with the resolution.


> Jonathan
> 
> 
> Tracker, this relates to
> ACTION-72: Respond to Bert Bos' Point 5.
> Jonathan Kew

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