Re: Magic numbers

Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <[email protected]> Sat, 20 Jul 2002 19:08:52 -0700

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I agree - thanks!

Henrik

>DIME can carry arbitrary binary data, so it is highly doubtful=20
>that you can guess a magic number that is less likely to=20
>appear than any other set of bytes.  It also requires a=20
>streaming protocol, so making it per-record (or chunk) doesn't=20
>seem necessary.