The length is stored as a varint; you should be able to store strings of any length, up to 64-bit.
On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 8:43 AM, David Mullineux <dmu...@gmail.com> wrote: > The encoding suggests that strings are encoded with a 1 byte length prefix. > This means my strings cannot be larger than 255 in size. How can I store > longer strings please? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
