Show HN: HTTP/2 HPACK Compression Go Library

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40 points·chrismoos··13 comments

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How does this compare to `net/http2/hpack`, now in the standard library?

I think this project is written behind closed doors.

Go is developed entirely in the open. I wrote Go's hpack and there are no other Go coworkers in my office.

I think he meant that about chrismoos/hpack

But do you close your doors sometimes?

I meaned to chrismoos/hpack but not your standard library.......

One of the main differences is this one uses lookup tables for faster decoding of Huffman compressed data as opposed to using a tree (which is what the stdlib one uses). It also offers some additional encoding options for users that want more control of header field indexing.

Why not contribute it to the Go projet, if this version is arguably better than the current implementation?

Yes, let's get your version into Go if it's better.

(I wrote Go's quickly. I've never profiled it, delaying that until Go 1.7, which opened for development yesterday)

If I'd like to get some of the enhancements in there, is this the route to go? https://golang.org/doc/contribute.html

Yup! That documentation is too daunting IMO but it's complete and not many steps, despite all the words. Especially if you're a Go programmer already. (just go get the code review tool)

I'd start with filing a bug against Go to track the overall process.

This is why I love open source projects, and shows just how open source Go is.

Fantastic.

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