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+# $Id$
+
+= server, client
+
+	This test verifies that the optimizations for octet sequences
+don't have strange side effects. The clients sends a number of octet
+sequences that are stored by the server, it then queries the CRC
+checksum for several of them (at random) to verify that the contents
+are intact.
+	To run this test try:
+
+$ server -o test.ior
+$ client -k file://test.ior -i 10000 -v
+
+= OctetSeq
+
+	This test measures the time it takes to marshal sequences of
+octets of different sizes. Since TAO optimizes octet sequence
+marshaling it was interesting to compare that time with the time to
+marshal sequences of chars (which could be optimized also, but there
+is no need for it).
+
+	The test accepts a few options:
+
+	-l <low>
+		Sets the minimum size of the sequences tested.
+
+	-h <high>
+		The maximum size of the sequences tested.
+
+	-s <step>
+		Increase the size of the sequence from <low> to <high>
+		in increments of <step>
+
+	-n <iter>
+		The number of iterations (marshaling/demarshaling)
+		done for each loop.
+
+	-q
+		Be quiet, only print the summary data....
+
+	Example:
+
+$ ./OctetSeq -l 4096 -h 8192 -s 16 -n 32 -q