What is the Mention's "length" parameter? #409
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While working on the JSON output I noticed that "mentions" have a "length" parameter, but I don't really get what it is. The signal api doesn't describe what it does either. So far it always seems to be 1. |
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I think the index and length parameters define the substring that should be replaced with the mention text (@name). |
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Yeah, "start" is definitely the index in the string where the mention starts. Thant makes sense, thanks. |
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I think the index and length parameters define the substring that should be replaced with the mention text (@name).
Currently signal just puts an object replacement character there ( U+FFFC) so the length is always 1.
The length field is probably there to future proof the api.