Re: [LHA-misc] Line parsing routine

[Paul F. <pg...@fo...>]

 > >  > we've planed for. Also can we have more than 1 value? Say we d/l some
 > >  > code to the Ocelot, we can first send the size of the file (make
 > >  > reserving memory easier) then the actual file, which can we a stream
 > >  > of 8 bit characters (no null or <CR> to worry about or escape).
 > > 
 > > this is a good idea.  but don't require sending the size of the file
 > > first.  or at least make it device-specific.  it's hard to do
 > > on-the-fly compression if you need to know the final size up front.
 > 
 > Why would we need to do on the fly compression? Please don't take this
 > as a negative comment. I do not see a reason for it, it could be stored
 > commpressed (which in my opinion would be better).

well, i guess it depends what "it" is.

i just happened to hit an issue with this sort of thing at work a while
ago, and was thinking you might not want to set limits you don't need to.

paul
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  paul fox, pg...@fo... (arlington, ma, where it's 36.1 degrees)