iSCSI - decimal coded binary strings - a proposed resolution

["Julian Satran" <Julian_Satran@il.ibm.com>]

Considering the widespread use of decimal encoding and the perceived difficulty of mapping them to a binary  string
- mainly due to the difficulty of matching lengths I suggest the following:

• Decimal encoding for binary strings will be used only where the length of the binary string is explicitly defined (by a constant or a rule that does not use the encoding itself)
  
  The definition for decimal constant becomes:
  
  decimal-constant: an unsigned decimal number - the digit 0 or a string of 1 or more digits starting with a non-zero digit. This encoding is not used for numerical values equal or greater than 2**64. Decimal-constants are used to encode numerical values or binary strings. Decimal constants can be used to encode binary strings only if the stringlength is explicitly specified. There is no implicit length for deci-mal strings.
  Julo