Re: BUG: Protocol 3.0: that's just odd, needing to add the number of bytes the length field occupies - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Eugen.Konkov@aldec.com wrote:
> server side: writeInt32(  length($message)+4 ); writeString( $message );
> client side: $length= readInt32(); readString( $length -4 )
>
> that's just odd, needing to add the number of bytes the length field occupies
>
> This is simpler:
> server side: writeInt32(  length($message)); writeString( $message );
> client side: $length= readInt32(); readString( $length )
>
> Will you plan to correct that in Protocol 3.1?

Agreed, no plans to change that.  TCP does the same:

      http://www.ysn.ru/docs/cie/Course/Section4/8.htm

                     +--------+--------+--------+--------+
                     |           Source Address          |
                     +--------+--------+--------+--------+
                     |         Destination Address       |
                     +--------+--------+--------+--------+
                     |  zero  |  PTCL  |    TCP Length   |
                     +--------+--------+--------+--------+

      The TCP Length is the TCP header length plus the data length in
                            -----------------
      octets (this is not an explicitly transmitted quantity, but is
      computed), and it does not count the 12 octets of the pseudo
      header.


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