Re: iSCSI - decimal coded binary strings - a proposed resolution

[Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@wasabisystems.com>]

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Julian Satran wrote:

> 2. On the other hand, for numbers, the proposed rule says that you can
> encode the value in decimal whenever the value happens to be less than
> 2**64.  If 5 minutes later that same parameter happens to have a
> value 2**64 or greater, then you cannot encode that particular value
> in decimal.  So the encoding rule here is tied to the value, not the
> parameter; a given parameter sometimes permits decimal and sometimes
> not.
>
> That's what I meant: it is extra complexity to have an encoding rule
> for a variable that isn't the same for all possible values of the
> variable.
>
> +++ that is only an issue for the encoder - and encoding is not an issue
> for any
> of the encoding methods - you send starting (supposedly) from an internal
> value of defined
> length and may use whatever is fit but we may tight the rule to allowed
> values not actual values.
> Is that acceptable?
> +++

Let's tie the rule to the allowed values. That would clear up a chunk of
the mess.

Take care,

Bill