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| 216 | communication partner supports the value sharing extensions to CBOR |
216 | communication partner supports the value sharing extensions to CBOR |
| 217 | (L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/value-sharing>), as without decoder support, the |
217 | (L<http://cbor.schmorp.de/value-sharing>), as without decoder support, the |
| 218 | resulting data structure might be unusable. |
218 | resulting data structure might be unusable. |
| 219 | |
219 | |
| 220 | Detecting shared values incurs a runtime overhead when values are encoded |
220 | Detecting shared values incurs a runtime overhead when values are encoded |
| 221 | that have a reference counter large than one, and might unnecessarily |
221 | that have a reference counter larger than one, and might unnecessarily |
| 222 | increase the encoded size, as potentially shared values are encoded as |
222 | increase the encoded size, as potentially shared values are encoded as |
| 223 | shareable whether or not they are actually shared. |
223 | shareable whether or not they are actually shared. |
| 224 | |
224 | |
| 225 | At the moment, only targets of references can be shared (e.g. scalars, |
225 | At the moment, only targets of references can be shared (e.g. scalars, |
| 226 | arrays or hashes pointed to by a reference). Weirder constructs, such as |
226 | arrays or hashes pointed to by a reference). Weirder constructs, such as |
