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## String

The String type is nearly identical to the Raw type from MessagePack but is specifically
aimed at marking a set of bytes as text.

### Format Specification

#### Symbol

For storing symbol names as ASCII text up to (2^8)-1 bytes.
Length is stored in unsigned 8-bit integer.

```
+--------+--------+----------
|  0xd4  |XXXXXXXX|...N bytes
+--------+--------+----------
=> XXXXXXXX (=N) bytes of raw bytes.
```

#### String16

For storing text up to (2^16)-1 bytes.
Length is stored in unsigned 16-bit big-endian integer.
Encoding is stored as an int8

```
+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------
|  0xd8  |XXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXX|YYYYYYYY|...N bytes
+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------
=> XXXXXXXX_XXXXXXXX (=N) bytes of raw bytes.
=> YYYYYYYY encoding flag
```

#### String32

For storing text up to (2^32)-1 bytes.
Length is stored in unsigned 32-bit big-endian integer.
Encoding is stored as an int8

```
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------
|  0xd9  |XXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXX|XXXXXXXX|YYYYYYYY|...N bytes
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+----------
=> XXXXXXXX_XXXXXXXX_XXXXXXXX_XXXXXXXX (=N) bytes of raw bytes.
=> YYYYYYYY encoding flag
```

Version data entries

4 entries across 4 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
mochilo-1.2.1	docs/format-spec.md
mochilo-1.2	docs/format-spec.md
mochilo-1.1	docs/format-spec.md
mochilo-1.0	docs/format-spec.md