On Monday, 19 August 2013 at 19:47:32 UTC, David Nadlinger wrote:
Versioning is an integral idea of formats like Protobuf and Thrift. For example, see the "A bit of history" section right on the doc overview page. [1] You might also want to read through the (rather dated) Thrift whitepaper to get an idea about what the design constraints for it were. [2]
By the way, to be honest, this is also the main point that makes me feel uneasy about including Orbit in Phobos at this point: Sure, it has been around for some time, but as far as I can tell, not a lot of people are using it right now, and what seems to be entirely missing from the docs is a clear design rationale, outlining its goals and explaining how Orbit compares to well-known existing solutions.
It seems to me that a large part of the discussion in this thread can be attributed to that fact, i.e. a lack of understanding/agreement what the module is supposed to be in the first place.
David
