From f52270a43d433bd601c5a1d209605fe77c666928 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Murphy Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 10:12:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add a short description --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f9a0b3c..06b6fd2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ ## Varints, a method of serializing integers using one or more bytes +> Generally in Python, integers are stored as long meaning that they will use +> at least 32 bits. When storing many numbers which do not require 32 bits, +> this would seem to be significantly wasteful; variable length representation +> should be able to assist in such cases. + ## Install ```sh