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Well, all frames actually do have length in the header. It's just not the first byte... it's the lowest 7 bits of the second byte, and possibly more (check the

Well, all frames actually do have length in the header. It's just not the first byte... it's the lowest 7 bits of the second byte, and possibly more (check the spec). So, if I can read 2 bytes from my buffer, I can get a good idea of the message size. If I only have 1 byte, I rewind and wait until I receive another.

marshray 15y ago
But we're talking about messages, not frames. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455 http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6455 "frames have no semantic meaning" If Websocket developers begin making unwarranted assumptions about message framing and fragmentation you will regret it. BELIEVE ME. /me gets back to bugfixing