Continued:

[core.git] / contrib / file_stack / format.txt

diff --git a/contrib/file_stack/format.txt b/contrib/file_stack/format.txt
index 12c18863616f06dc042ca5a6c6b89c48dedf5dd5..058b5b879a9e72436ec6b83ebfd6396d555d87ae 100644 (file)
--- a/contrib/file_stack/format.txt
+++ b/contrib/file_stack/format.txt
@@ -1,20 +1,34 @@
 A file-based stack:
 ===================
 
-This is the format for a file-based stack which works as any Stackable class.
+This is the format for a file-based stack which works as any other Stackable
+class.
 
 General made up:
 
-Purpose: | "magic"   | separator | count    | position      | separator |
----------+-----------+-----------+----------+---------------+-----------+
-Bytes:   | 9         | 1         | 20 (hex) | 2 - n^2 (hex) | 1         |
----------+-----------+-----------+----------+---------------+-----------+
-Example: | STACKv1.0 |    ???    | 0...ff   | 01            |    ???    |
+Purpose: | "magic"   | separator | count    | separator | position | separator |
+---------+-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+------0---+-----------+
+Bytes:   | 9         | 1         | 20 (hex) | 1         | 20 (hex) | 1         |
+---------+-----------+-----------+----------+-----------+----------+-----------+
+Example: | STACKv1.0 | 01        | 00...ff  | 01        | 00...ff  | 02        |
 
 Continued:
 
-Purpose: | name 0 | entry 0    | separator | name 1 | entry 1    | separator | name n | entry n    | EOF |
----------+--------+------------+-----------+--------+------------+-----------+--------+------------+-----+
-Bytes:   | 10     | 1-n (pack) | 1         | 10     | 1-n (pack) | 1         | 10     | 1-n (pack) | 1   |
----------+--------+------------+-----------+--------+------------+-----------+--------+------------+-----+
-Example: | foo    |     ...    |    ???    | bar    |     ...    |    ???    | bar    |     ...    | EOF |
+Purpose: | hash 0 | separator | name 0 | entry 0    | hash n | separator | name n | entry n    | EOF |
+---------+--------+-----------+--------+------------+--------+-----------+--------+------------+-----+
+Bytes:   |  64    | 1         | 10     | 1-n (pack) |  64    | 1         | 10     | 1-n (pack) | 1   |
+---------+--------+-----------+--------+------------+--------+-----------+--------+------------+-----+
+Example: | abc    |    03     | foo    |    ...     | abc    |    03     | bar    |     ...    | EOF |
+
+Explanations:
+-------------
+ magic        - Identifies the file and version of format
+ separator    - Serves to detect end of strings with unknown/flexible length
+ count        - Total amount of entries (not deleted) encoded in hexa-decimal
+ position     - Seek position of current entry (which current() will give)
+ hash X       - Hash sum of entry X (SHA 256)
+ name X       - Name of stack the entries belongs in
+ entry X      - The actual data, compressed with pack()
+ EOF          - End-of-file character
+ ...          - Data
+ ???          - Must be still found out which character/hashing algorthym fits best