Re:

Rich Felker <daliasaerifal.cx> writes:

> 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.

Sounds like a deficiency.

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On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 09:32:48AM +0000, Måns Rullgård
wrote:
> Rich Felker <daliasaerifal.cx> writes:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Sounds like a deficiency.

In what respect? That is what would we gain with droping
byte alignment?
I think we would gain a lot of complexity primarely ;)

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