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| author | Marcello Stanisci <marcello.stanisci@inria.fr> | 2015-07-29 11:24:02 +0200 |
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| committer | Marcello Stanisci <marcello.stanisci@inria.fr> | 2015-07-29 11:24:02 +0200 |
| commit | 69ca174397987a0e743cc1b790876944de25636d (patch) | |
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adding 53-bit advice
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diff --git a/api-mint.rst b/api-mint.rst index 78cd7a69..f9b2f371 100644 --- a/api-mint.rst +++ b/api-mint.rst @@ -721,6 +721,11 @@ Binary Blob Specification This section largely corresponds to the definitions in taler_signatures.h. You may also want to refer to this code, as it offers additional details on each of the members of the structs. + .. note:: + + Due to the way of handling `big` numbers by some platforms (such that `JavaScript`, for exapmle), wherever the following specification mentions a 64-bit value, the actual implementations + are strongly advised to rely on arithmetic up to 53 bits. + This section specifies the binary representation of messages used in Taler's protocols. The message formats are given in a C-style pseudocode notation. Padding is always specified explicitly, and numeric values are in network byte order (big endian). ------------------------ |