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Specify that the computation of checksums includes counts.#35

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re: Issue #33
re: Discussion #6
re: PR #34

Modify the checksum section to add a specific subsection on how the checksum is computed. This specifies that the computation specifically include the counts for variable-length data (Strings, Sequences, and Structs with variable-length fields).

Modify the checksum section to add a specific subsection
on how the checksum is computed. This specifies that
the computation specifically include the counts for
variable-length data (Strings, Sequences, and Structs with
variable-length fields).
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Mikejmnez commented Aug 25, 2025

I agree that it is important to be more explicit about how Sequences / Structures are handled when computing checksums. I found the following in the original text:

. The Sequence objects are treated '`like strings`' and prefixed with a
length count. In the last of the three variables, the dimensioned
sequence _x-star_ has two sequence instances where the first sequence
has 3 elements and the second has 6.

The current text does not mention Structures or Groups.

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I think that text is referring to the chunked format counts as opposed to the internal sequence and string counts.

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