On 30.11.2007 02:55, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > * Peter Stuge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071130 01:25]: > >> On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 12:43:51AM +0100, Stefan Reinauer wrote: >> >>>> Together with reserving space at the end of the header. >>>> >>> Space reservation? What is this about? >>> >> Some extra bytes for future use, the more bytes the longer before we >> need to change the format. I think 64 would be more than enough. >> No-one will ever need more than 64 bytes. >> > > I disagree. If we start using unused bytes, we changed the format > already. There are clean ways that do not require "padding" to stay > compatible. If we add a field "header size" we know how many bytes we > have to skip without the need to know how to parse all of the header. >
The field "header size" needs space. That space could be used in a future version for something real if we reserved it. > Please don't add reserved fields. thats really ugly and lack of design. > Design is always in the eye of the beholder. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- linuxbios mailing list linuxbios@linuxbios.org http://www.linuxbios.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
