3 ms·
Set top boxes (the things you use to decode paid tv signal and watch "the [shows] programing guide" ) uses a format called EIT (Event Information Table) which i
by ordiel 5y ago
Set top boxes (the things you use to decode paid tv signal and watch "the [shows] programing guide" ) uses a format called EIT (Event Information Table) which is transfered as an encoded binary file, for which MANY of the titles and tv shows info is capitalized (mostly* due to readability, you know so an L does not look like a 1) I worked on a proyect for such file generation and it is HIGHLY sensitive to the lengt of the data (since it will be encoded to a binary and if you add a single bite to the length of such file the rest of the info turns into garbage) ... Now that I think about it I may probably drop one of those guys still there a call to let them know the shows in german may have a bug... Can I get my 20 now?
- sillysaurusx 5y agoI'll send you $20 for the interesting reply and reporting unicode bugs, if you want! (Feel free to email me your info.) But in the situation you mention, you care about the byte length, not the string length. Byte length is a totally valid thing to care about, but string length isn't needed.
- ordiel 5y agoBite lenght will be affected by the length of whatever is it that you are encoding, in this case an additional character would shift them by 8 I guess what I amsaying is:where are you marking the diffefence? any string (and all data) IS at the a series of encoded bites