I am a fan of tenacious elimination of complexity. Thrift should be fast and easy. A low level platform upon which you can build your own higher level abstractions.
-1 compiler plug ins -1 recursive data structs etc... --Randy On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Jens Geyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not so long ago some people absolutely want it to have ... Thank god we're > not in the same position as protobuf (it can't do anything out of the box, > you always need plugins) where it is a highly needed feature. > > I'd still like to hear the opinion of the people who wanted it, but I > personally (I can only speak for myself) don't need it. > > Have fun, > JensG > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > From: James E. King, III > Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2017 3:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Compiler plug-ins > > I'm curious if anyone uses the thrift compiler plug-in feature? It adds a > complexity to the build system and the compiler, and if it does not provide > value, it should be considered for removal. I'd like to know what the use > cases are for having a binary plug-in system when the source code is freely > available and modifiable. > > - Jim > >
