Re: Magic numbers

> Humor aside, a magic number is usually a number (8-bit to 32-bit) with
> somewhat low probability of showing up at that point in a typical document
> (or stream). I mentioned the potential benefits of a magic number - one
> cannot get those benefits with the version number.

DIME can carry arbitrary binary data, so it is highly doubtful that you
can guess a magic number that is less likely to appear than any other set
of bytes.  It also requires a streaming protocol, so making it per-record
(or chunk) doesn't seem necessary.

        /r$