Re: Re: bencoding 0:
Elliott Mitchell <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.bit-torrent.general |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
>From: "Olaf van der Spek" <[email protected]> > > Elliott Mitchell wrote: > >> > >> Could be worthwhile to specify that torrent files may be optionally > >> compressed using the libz style compression. Though this isn't a large > >> gain. > >> > > > > I think that we can agree that torrent files need not be compressed for > > storage, only for transfer. HTTP already supports libz compression. > > It's called gzip compression, not libz compression. > And HTTP isn't the only storage mechanism. Both refer to the same flavor of LZ77+Huffman. The RFC would be a better pointer, but I didn't have the number memorized. As we're refering to the compression, not the file format, "libz" seemed more appropriate. >From: Olaf van der Spek <[email protected]> > >> > Why is the min size so important to you? > >> > >> Well just so parsing routines can exit when a string is less than the > >> minimum :) > > > > Any string of digits is a valid string length (no one generates strings > > of length 0000, but it is valid by the spec). > > That's not supposed to be valid. "Strings are length-prefixed base ten followed by a colon and the string. For example 4:spam corresponds to 'spam'." Sounds perfectly valid to me. Though I would support shooting anyone who created such strings by design. -- (\___(\___(\______ --=> 8-) EHM <=-- ______/)___/)___/) \ ( | [email protected] PGP 8881EF59 | ) / \_ \ | _____ -O #include <stddisclaimer.h> O- _____ | / _/ \___\_|_/82 04 A1 3C C7 B1 37 2A*E3 6E 84 DA 97 4C 40 E6\_|_/___/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/dkFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BitTorrent/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/