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Encoding Repeated Elements Discussion Wrong #293

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I'm brand new to Protobuf, so maybe I have this all wrong, but as best as I could make out, including by experimentation using protoc, the documentation on the encoding of repeated elements is wrong.

It says that if we "construct a Test4 message with d set to "hello", and e set to 1, 2, and 3, this could be encoded as 3206038e029ea705, or written out as Protoscope:"

4: {"hello"}
6: {3 270 86942}

First, the encoding given appears to be just for the values of e, not for the entire Test4 message.
Second, it appears the encoding is for e being set to 3, 270, and 86942, not 1, 2, and 3.

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