docs: Maximum size of pencode values

wip-fakessh-exit-status
Alex Willmer 7 years ago committed by David Wilson
parent e24db89f3a
commit a1fc21bb06

@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ As with Execnet it includes its own serialization - pencode_ supports
pencode lacks support for arbitrary classes. Byte strings require special pencode lacks support for arbitrary classes. Byte strings require special
treatment if they contain non-ascii characters. Some primitive types treatment if they contain non-ascii characters. Some primitive types
(e.g. ``complex``), but adding support would be trivial. (e.g. ``complex``) are not handled. This would be straightforwar to address.
Values are length-prefixed with a 32 bit unsigned integer, meaning values
are limited to 4 billion bytes or items in length.
design is reminiscent of Mitogen in places (Tunnel is practically identical to design is reminiscent of Mitogen in places (Tunnel is practically identical to
Mitogen's Stream), and closer to Execnet elsewhere (lack of uniformity, Mitogen's Stream), and closer to Execnet elsewhere (lack of uniformity,

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