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author | snappy.mirrorbot@gmail.com <snappy.mirrorbot@gmail.com@03e5f5b5-db94-4691-08a0-1a8bf15f6143> | 2011-06-04 10:19:05 +0000 |
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committer | snappy.mirrorbot@gmail.com <snappy.mirrorbot@gmail.com@03e5f5b5-db94-4691-08a0-1a8bf15f6143> | 2011-06-04 10:19:05 +0000 |
commit | 28be69c36a9a40e396c72ea587b2c68d523a3844 (patch) | |
tree | f02849e303d08b6cc40313d5faed905eaf097695 /format_description.txt | |
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Correct an inaccuracy in the Snappy format description.
(I stumbled into this when changing the way we decompress literals.)
R=csilvers
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diff --git a/format_description.txt b/format_description.txt index 943bfc2..31e717c 100644 --- a/format_description.txt +++ b/format_description.txt @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ of the literal: - For literals up to and including 60 bytes in length, the upper six bits of the tag byte contain (len-1). The literal follows immediately thereafter in the bytestream. - - For longer literals, the length is stored after the tag byte, + - For longer literals, the (len-1) value is stored after the tag byte, little-endian. The upper six bits of the tag byte describe how many bytes are used for the length; 60, 61, 62 or 63 for 1-4 bytes, respectively. The literal itself follows after the |