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The paragraph:

> The encoding/decoding is done with printf/scanf like functions with a format string and a variable number of arguments. However, no actual string formatting is done, the payload is a binary representation of arguments.

Seems to encapsulate the complexity of having a string formatting interface to a binary protocol reasonably clearly, but is not crafted to withstand speed reading or skipping over sentences.



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