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The following page has been changed by NoblePaul: http://wiki.apache.org/thrift/New_compact_binary_protocol ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ||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|| || - || A type modifier for boolean 'true' and 'false' . So the value need not be written || Save a byte on every boolean|| || + || Have two types BOOLEAN_TRUE and BOOLEAN_FALSE instead of type and value|| Save a byte on every boolean|| || == Information sources == [http://publists.facebook.com/pipermail/thrift/2008-January/000275.html 2008 jan mail thread][[BR]]
