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Why can't I have both? I am not against text logs, but it is good to have options. When binary format is an option I say that netstrings are probably better opt
by hawski 10y ago
Why can't I have both? I am not against text logs, but it is good to have options. When binary format is an option I say that netstrings are probably better option.
- jstimpfle 10y agoFor literal binary data you need to store the length information separately. Netstrings are one option for ephemeral streams. But they are a bad tradeoff for persistent information: you have to read from the beginning of the stream until you find the relevant information. And a single corrupted byte destroys all the information after it. Better options for persistent data are (pointer+length)s or memory-pools + ranges.