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@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Describes a single structure field with memory position in relation to others. T
:type: LTYPE and HTYPE of the field.
:data_offset: Offset of field data, relative to the end of the previous field.
:size_offset: Offset of *bool* flag for optional fields or *size_t* count for arrays, relative to field data.
-:data_size: Size of a single data entry, in bytes.
+:data_size: Size of a single data entry, in bytes. For PB_LTYPE_BYTES, the size of the byte array inside the containing structure.
:array_size: Maximum number of entries in an array, if it is an array type.
:ptr: Pointer to default value for optional fields, or to submessage description for PB_LTYPE_SUBMESSAGE.
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ Read and decode all fields of a structure. Reads until EOF on input stream. ::
:dest_struct: Pointer to structure where data will be stored.
:returns: True on success, false on IO error, on detectable errors in field description, if a field encoder returns false or if a required field is missing.
-In Protocol Buffers binary format, EOF is only allowed between fields. If it happens anywhere else, pb_decode will return *false*.
+In Protocol Buffers binary format, EOF is only allowed between fields. If it happens anywhere else, pb_decode will return *false*. If pb_decode returns false, you cannot trust any of the data in the structure.
In addition to EOF, the pb_decode implementation supports terminating a message with a 0 byte. This is compatible with the official Protocol Buffers because 0 is never a valid field tag.