Re: [capnproto] Writing to a boost gzip filter stream

2020-07-20 Thread 'Kenton Varda' via Cap'n Proto
Hi Emyr, You can use capnp::writeMessage() to write to any kind of stream. https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/blob/7e2f70f354e2ca3d9de73ddaf974408ddbd98866/c++/src/capnp/serialize.h#L162 This function writes to a `kj::OutputStream`, which is an abstract interface that you can implement any w

Re: [capnproto] request for simple interface inheritance?

2020-07-20 Thread 'Kenton Varda' via Cap'n Proto
If you have a struct Foo whose fields are a strict superset of some other struct Bar (with matching field numbers and everything), then you can convert one to the other like: Foo::Reader foo = ...; Bar::Reader bar = capnp::AnyStruct::Reader(foo).as(); (Or vice versa.) But the big problem