refine Val "footprint" to equate long strings with multiple objects

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Vern Paxson 2024-04-29 12:39:36 -07:00
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@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ Changed Functionality
``frameworks/signatures/iso-9660`` which also increases the BOF buffer sufficiently.
Note, doing so may increase memory and CPU usage significantly.
- The ``val_footprint()`` BiF now factors in the size of strings when reporting
footprints, roughly equating a string's size with the number of elements
comparable to that length. As before, footprints are not meant to be precise
but mainly for providing comparisons, which is why this is not a breaking
change.
Removed Functionality
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