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The following page has been changed by BryanDuxbury: http://wiki.apache.org/thrift/New_compact_binary_protocol ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ === Type changes === ||Suggestion||Pros||Cons|| - ||Unsigned integers|||||| + ||Unsigned integers||would alleviate need for separate zigzag type||unsigned ints don't exist in all languages|| ||Type annotations||Allows us to specify encoding details about the fields/types that the protocols may or may not use|||| + ||Variable ints for string, binary, and collection sizes||will often shrink to one or two bytes|| || == Information sources == [http://publists.facebook.com/pipermail/thrift/2008-January/000275.html 2008 jan mail thread][[BR]]
