[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#3649) Network usage optimization

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Arnstein Lindgard wrote:
> The attached patch reduces the total bandwidth consumption of a
> typical Freeciv game with about 25%, just by editing 6 lines
> of serializing code.

- You need a new manditory capability.  See CAPSTRING in common/capstr.c.

- I'd like to see assertions somewhere to verify that the variables do 
fall within the smaller bounds.  Perhaps this is going too far, though; 
it seems obvious that they do.

jason