On 05/04/2016 06:05, Kevin Wolf wrote: > The options I can think of is adding a request field "max number of > descriptors" or a flag "only single descriptor" (with the assumption > that clients always want one or unlimited), but maybe you have a better > idea.
I think a limit is better. Even if the client is ultimately going to process the whole file, it may take a very long time and space to retrieve all the descriptors in one go. Rather than query e.g. 16GB at a time, I think it's simpler to put a limit of 1024 descriptors or so. Paolo