[zeromq-dev] Fwd: [hybi] hum #3: Message

[Martin Sustrik]

Pieter Hintjens wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> FYI and as part of the slow but inevitable process of turning 0MQ's
> wire level protocols into a real specification for interoperability,
> here is the state of the framing discussion for WebSockets, which is
> an asynchronous message carrying protocol.  Closer to TCP than
> anything else but what interests me is the proposed framing format:
> 
>  1 bit - fragment
>  2 bits - reserved
>  5 bits - opcode
>  8 bits - short length
>  [if length = 255: 6 bytes length]
>  length bytes of payload
> 
> IMO it would be desirable if (a) IETF WebSockets used a framing format
> close to what 0MQ does, for efficiency reasons and (b) if 0MQ adopted
> the final IETF WebSockets framing format, if it remains this similar.
> 
> Using an IETF-standard framing format would make the 0MQ wire-level
> protocol a lot more compelling.

Fair enough. Let me answer on hybi list.

Martin