"byte" vs "octet"
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The document uses both "byte" and "octet".
Maybe we should use only "octet" everywhere.
Would we change the Byte(x) function? I would prefer byte everywhere, but I presume octet eliminates any ambiguity. The ChaCha20-Poly1305 RFC seems to use both.
I'm not a big fan of "octet" either. Even less as a function name. But we can't assume that both terms are interchangeable, as this is not true, even today (e.g. DSPs).
Maybe we can use byte everywhere, and mention somewhere that thorough this document, byte refers to a 8-bit sequence? I'm not sure how/where that could be doable, but it may be worth it, no matter what the ChaChaPoly RFC did.
Maybe we can use byte everywhere, and mention somewhere that thorough this document, byte refers to a 8-bit sequence? I'm not sure how/where that could be doable, but it may be worth it
I like that idea, but I'm not sure where that would go. Could we have a sentence at the top of Conventions and Definitions? Kind of like the age spec but after the key words bit.