Add information about length conversion

apache · Nov 7, 2022 · 31b469b · 31b469b
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diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/filebasedio_perf_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/filebasedio_perf_test.py
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ class SyntheticRecordToStrFn(beam.DoFn):
   """
   A DoFn that convert key-value bytes from synthetic source to string record.
 
+  It uses base64 to convert random bytes emitted from the synthetic source.
+  Therefore, every 3 bytes give 4 bytes long ascii characters.
+
   Output length = 4(ceil[len(key)/3] + ceil[len(value)/3]) + 1
   """
   def process(self, element):