It will be treated like an unknown field. In C++ or Java, the value goes into the UnknownFieldSet, so if you then serialize the message, it will still be there. In Python it will just be discarded.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 2:56 AM, Stuart Johnson <stu...@stu.org.uk> wrote: > > If a new enum value had been added to a enum type, and it's being > deserialised by an application that is not yet aware of the new enum > value, what should happen? > > Should the enum value be null, or should the deserialisation abort? > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
