On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 02:28:38PM -0700, Jim Blandy wrote:
> Well, the numbers might be in the passive voice. Or
something.
>
> I had in mind fixed-width vs. variable-width.
Fixed-width is used for
> signal numbers in the response packets, so I think
there's room for
> confusion. Signal numbers in the step and continue
packets are
> documented to be variable-width hex, which is safely
permissive; all
> I'm suggesting is that those two words be added.
>
> I have run into width concerns working with other parts
of the
> protocol (for example, with register values in T
responses ---
> although that's target byte order so it's a bit
different), so I think
> it's worth something to be explicit.
Ah, it's variable-width. But the overview says this:
Except where otherwise noted all numbers are represented in
HEX with
leading zeros suppressed.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery
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