Re: [LHA-misc] Line parsing routine

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

 > to note that if we needed compression on the fly that the file size
 > would hinder things. Because of my networking background I tend to think
 > that compression is best left to storage. If we compress data over a

in general you're right -- but if the data is, say, the memory image
of the device in question, then it clearly can't be stored compressed.
and equally clearly, it could be quite large -- so if you wanted to
request a full memory dump of your 32KB refrigerator controller, you
might want the ability to do on-the-fly compression.  another example
might be wanting to speed up the download of a large background image
to a dedicated controller -- perhaps for the touchscreen on that same
refrigerator.  :-)

but clearly compression is at odds with ascii data representation.  i say
do the simple things first, and leave the hooks in the protocol so you
can add what's necessary later.  (e.g. perhaps an optional "encoding=foo"
parameter.)

paul
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  paul fox, pg...@fo... (arlington, ma, where it's 33.4 degrees)