Make it clear that strings are not NUL-delimited
Patch: Juan Cruz Viotti
This closes #2313
It might not be obvious from the existing description. I had to run some
experiments to double-check it and this might save some time to the next
interested reader.
Signed-off-by: Juan Cruz Viotti <jv@jviotti.com>
diff --git a/doc/specs/thrift-compact-protocol.md b/doc/specs/thrift-compact-protocol.md
index 6be2a62..001bb12 100644
--- a/doc/specs/thrift-compact-protocol.md
+++ b/doc/specs/thrift-compact-protocol.md
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@
### String encoding
-*String*s are first encoded to UTF-8, and then send as binary.
+*String*s are first encoded to UTF-8, and then send as binary. They do not
+include a NUL delimiter.
### Double encoding
