20 Feb
2008
20 Feb
'08
5:45 a.m.
On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 01:32:14AM +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
Another possibility is to precede each optional field with a 1-bit flag indicating its presence. The size of the containing element can then also implicitly exclude any unused fields at the end. This may of course not be desired for frequently repeated elements where the flags could be specified in a global header.
I hope you understand, a 1bit field means a 1byte field. NUT has no support for sub-byte data units except when they're appropriately padded with reserved bits. Rich