Add doc note about 'raws' encoding

3 files changed, 15 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/doc/api.html b/doc/api.html
index 9f2bcfb166..832a20120d 100644
--- a/doc/api.html
+++ b/doc/api.html
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/</tt></pre>
 </div>

 <h2 id="_api">API</h2>

 <div class="sectionbody">

-<div class="paragraph"><p>Node supports 3 byte-string encodings: ASCII (<tt>"ascii"</tt>), UTF-8 (<tt>"utf8"</tt>),

-and raw binary (<tt>"raw"</tt>).  It uses strings to represent ASCII and UTF-8

-encoded data. For the moment, arrays of integers are used to represent raw

-binary data&#8212;this representation is rather inefficient. This will

-change in the future, when

-<a href="http://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=270">V8 supports Blob objects</a>.</p></div>

+<div class="paragraph"><p>Node supports 4 byte-string encodings. ASCII (<tt>"ascii"</tt>), UTF-8 (<tt>"utf8"</tt>)

+both use the string object, obviously. Then two "raw binary" encodings - one

+uses an array of integers (<tt>"raw"</tt>) and the other uses a string (<tt>"raws"</tt>).

+Neither raw encodings are perfect and thier implemenations are rather

+inefficient. Hopefully the raw encoding situation will improve in the

+future.</p></div>

 <div class="paragraph"><p>Unless otherwise noted, functions are all asynchronous and do not block

 execution.</p></div>

 <h3 id="_helpers">Helpers</h3><div style="clear:left"></div>

@@ -1863,7 +1863,7 @@ init (Handle&lt;Object&gt; target)
 <div id="footer">

 <div id="footer-text">

 Version 0.1.9<br />

-Last updated 2009-09-11 13:40:01 CEST

+Last updated 2009-09-11 20:58:54 CEST

 </div>

 </div>

 </body>

diff --git a/doc/api.txt b/doc/api.txt
index b48344c52a..81595dcd07 100644
--- a/doc/api.txt
+++ b/doc/api.txt
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ Server running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
 
 == API
 
-Node supports 3 byte-string encodings: ASCII (+"ascii"+), UTF-8 (+"utf8"+),
-and raw binary (+"raw"+).  It uses strings to represent ASCII and UTF-8
-encoded data. For the moment, arrays of integers are used to represent raw
-binary data--this representation is rather inefficient. This will
-change in the future, when
-http://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=270[V8 supports Blob objects].
+Node supports 4 byte-string encodings. ASCII (+"ascii"+), UTF-8 (+"utf8"+)
+both use the string object, obviously. Then two "raw binary" encodings - one
+uses an array of integers (+"raw"+) and the other uses a string (+"raws"+). 
+Neither raw encodings are perfect and thier implemenations are rather
+inefficient. Hopefully the raw encoding situation will improve in the
+future.
 
 Unless otherwise noted, functions are all asynchronous and do not block
 execution.
diff --git a/doc/node.1 b/doc/node.1
index 22694959b3..c56f76e2d6 100644
--- a/doc/node.1
+++ b/doc/node.1
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Server running at http://127\.0\.0\.1:8000/
 .fi
 .RE
 .SH "API"
-Node supports 3 byte\-string encodings: ASCII ("ascii"), UTF\-8 ("utf8"), and raw binary ("raw")\. It uses strings to represent ASCII and UTF\-8 encoded data\. For the moment, arrays of integers are used to represent raw binary data\(emthis representation is rather inefficient\. This will change in the future, when V8 supports Blob objects\.
+Node supports 4 byte\-string encodings\. ASCII ("ascii"), UTF\-8 ("utf8") both use the string object, obviously\. Then two "raw binary" encodings \- one uses an array of integers ("raw") and the other uses a string ("raws")\. Neither raw encodings are perfect and thier implemenations are rather inefficient\. Hopefully the raw encoding situation will improve in the future\.
 .sp
 Unless otherwise noted, functions are all asynchronous and do not block execution\.
 .sp
@@ -1774,16 +1774,11 @@ Further documentation will come soon\. For now see the source code of node_postg
 .sp
 .SH "NOTES"
 .IP " 1." 4
-V8 supports Blob objects
-.RS 4
-\%http://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=270
-.RE
-.IP " 2." 4
 here
 .RS 4
 \%http:/cvs.schmorp.de/libev/ev.html
 .RE
-.IP " 3." 4
+.IP " 2." 4
 node_postgres
 .RS 4
 \%http://github.com/ry/node_postgres