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diff --git a/pkgs/profpatsch/netencode/spec.md b/pkgs/profpatsch/netencode/spec.md index cd38588c..e680034f 100644 --- a/pkgs/profpatsch/netencode/spec.md +++ b/pkgs/profpatsch/netencode/spec.md @@ -31,8 +31,18 @@ An implementation can define the biggest numbers it supports, and has to throw a Floats are not supported, you can implement fixed-size decimals or ratios using integers. +### booleans + +A boolean is represented as `n1`. + +* `n1:0,`: false +* `n1:1,`: true + +TODO: should we add `f,` and `t,`? + ### text + Text (`t`) that *must* be encoded as UTF-8, starting with its length in bytes: * The string `hello world` (11 bytes): `t11:hello world,` @@ -40,7 +50,7 @@ Text (`t`) that *must* be encoded as UTF-8, starting with its length in bytes: * The string `:,` (2 bytes): `t2::,,` * The empty sting `` (0 bytes): `t0:,` -Binary data is not supported, it hinders human readability. Try to use structured data, or use a different format. +TODO: add `b` for binary content. Even filesystem paths are not utf-8 encodable sometimes, yet the distinction of text with an encoding is useful, so we should keep `t` as is. ## tagged values |