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The following page has been changed by johanoskarsson: http://wiki.apache.org/thrift/New_compact_binary_protocol New page: == Description == There's been numerous discussion on how to implement a new more compact binary protocol. The discussions become hard to follow after a while so this page is intended to be used as an easy to use summary that can later be formalized into different options and finally become a specification. Help needed to fill this page with further details, suggestions and pros/cons for each suggestiong. == Implementation suggestions == === Encode i16, i32 and i64 types saved as variable size integers === * Base 128 + zigzag, borrow from protocol buffers? === Remove / reduce the size of field prefix tags === * Reduce from 3 bytes per field to 1 byte, see [http://publists.facebook.com/pipermail/thrift/2008-January/000275.html mail] (retains versioning support) * Drop field prefix altogether === New types === * Unsigned integers === Type annotations === * Allows us to specify encoding details about the fields/types that the protocols may or may not use == Information sources == [http://publists.facebook.com/pipermail/thrift/2008-January/000275.html 2008 jan mail thread] [https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-110 jira ticket]
