The length is stored as a varint; you should be able to store strings of any length, up to 64-bit.
On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 8:43 AM, David Mullineux <[email protected]> wrote: > The encoding suggests that strings are encoded with a 1 byte length prefix. > This means my strings cannot be larger than 255 in size. How can I store > longer strings please? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
