MarketSquare / MarketSquare/Rammbock

label sequence field

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Python
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Description

similar to string, but dots are converted to byte with value of length of the following word.
example:

label sequence .foo.bar.zig
would be encoded to \x03foo\x03bar\x03zig
and vice versa

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Research direction

Start by locating the existing string field implementation and its encoding and decoding entry points. Add the label-sequence behavior described in the example, then verify that dot-separated labels round-trip to length-prefixed bytes and back.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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