1 Streaming & indefinite items 2 ============================= 3 4 CBOR :doc:`strings <api/type_2>`, :doc:`byte strings <api/type_3>`, :doc:`arrays <api/type_4>`, and :doc:`maps <api/type_5>` can be encoded as *indefinite*, meaning their length or size is not specified. Instead, they are divided into *chunks* (:doc:`strings <api/type_2>`, :doc:`byte strings <api/type_3>`), or explicitly terminated (:doc:`arrays <api/type_4>`, :doc:`maps <api/type_5>`). 5 6 This is one of the most important (and due to poor implementations, underutilized) features of CBOR. It enables low-overhead streaming just about anywhere without dealing with channels or pub/sub mechanism. It is, however, important to recognize that CBOR streaming is not a substitute for Websockets [#]_ and similar technologies. 7 8 .. [#] :RFC:`6455` 9 10 .. toctree:: 11 12 streaming/decoding 13 streaming/encoding 14
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