From 78d4ab9ba2e35767cc208b9fbd403863b34f8b7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Youngjoon Lee <5462944+youngjoon-lee@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:05:20 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] add comment for packet_size

---
 mixnet/node.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mixnet/node.py b/mixnet/node.py
index 07a0abc..99b102b 100644
--- a/mixnet/node.py
+++ b/mixnet/node.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class Node:
     mixgossip_channel: GossipChannel
     reconstructor: MessageReconstructor
     broadcast_channel: BroadcastChannel
+    # The actual packet size is calculated based on the max length of mix path by Sphinx encoding
+    # when the node is initialized, so that it can be used to generate noise packets.
     packet_size: int
 
     def __init__(self, config: NodeConfig, global_config: GlobalConfig):