diff --git a/examples/src/OpenDis7Examples/AllPduSender.java b/examples/src/OpenDis7Examples/AllPduSender.java
index 1485b3cba82f3085af5467c3a7f36207834c93d1..12815bb62d5c7da782d02f986ca6ef0489269e04 100755
--- a/examples/src/OpenDis7Examples/AllPduSender.java
+++ b/examples/src/OpenDis7Examples/AllPduSender.java
@@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ public class AllPduSender
                                 {
                                     VariableDatum newVariableDatum = new VariableDatum();
                                     newVariableDatum.setVariableDatumValue (comment.getBytes());               // conversion
+                                    // TODO confirm whether method overloading is appropriate
+//                                  newVariableDatum.setVariableDatumLength(comment.getBytes().length); 
                                     newVariableDatum.setVariableDatumLengthInBytes(comment.getBytes().length); // also available in bits, see spec and javadoc
                                     // alternatively, you do not need to set this and the marshaller will figure it out from the byte array
                                     // (see javadoc for VariableDatum.setVariableDatumLength())
diff --git a/examples/src/OpenDis7Examples/AllPduSenderLog.txt b/examples/src/OpenDis7Examples/AllPduSenderLog.txt
index 6e4a9f03b4f3b3ed61606c7cdd4a4329045121cb..6c837226506fb5bbc3712075314ae6005bd71b18 100644
--- a/examples/src/OpenDis7Examples/AllPduSenderLog.txt
+++ b/examples/src/OpenDis7Examples/AllPduSenderLog.txt
@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@ Sent packet #70, DisPduType 70 INFORMATION_OPERATIONS_ACTION      (packet.getLen
 Sent packet #71, DisPduType 71 INFORMATION_OPERATIONS_REPORT      (packet.getLength()= 40) of type edu.nps.moves.dis7.pdus.InformationOperationsReportPdu
 Sent packet #72, DisPduType 72 ATTRIBUTE                          (packet.getLength()= 32) of type edu.nps.moves.dis7.pdus.AttributePdu
 OpenDis7Examples.AllPduSender complete, sent 72 PDUs total.
-BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 4 seconds)
+BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 3 seconds)