Re: [rfc/remote] Tell remote stubs which signals are boring

Daniel Jacobowitz
2006-10-26T21:37:15Z

On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 02:28:38PM -0700, Jim Blandy wrote:
> Well, the numbers might be in the passive voice. Or something.
>
> I had in mind fixed-width vs. variable-width. Fixed-width is used for
> signal numbers in the response packets, so I think there's room for
> confusion. Signal numbers in the step and continue packets are
> documented to be variable-width hex, which is safely permissive; all
> I'm suggesting is that those two words be added.
>
> I have run into width concerns working with other parts of the
> protocol (for example, with register values in T responses ---
> although that's target byte order so it's a bit different), so I think
> it's worth something to be explicit.

Ah, it's variable-width. But the overview says this:

Except where otherwise noted all numbers are represented in HEX with
leading zeros suppressed.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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