Re: [protobuf] Re: Streaming Serialization - Suggestion

2016-03-30 Thread Yoav H
will match that proto version encoding. Isn't it the case? Thanks, Yoav. On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 5:06:46 PM UTC-7, Feng Xiao wrote: > > > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:53 PM, Yoav H > wrote: > >> They say on their website: "When evaluating new features,

Re: [protobuf] Default Values vs Missing Values

2016-03-28 Thread Yoav H
ding a new message). The Java API has something rather > similar... hasField() I think? > > On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Yoav H > wrote: > > Thanks all, > > > > Do you know where I can find the proto2 encoding guide? > > The proto site has only the prot

Re: [protobuf] Re: Streaming Serialization - Suggestion

2016-03-28 Thread Yoav H
ggestions I'm only a 3rd party implementer but > my understanding is that the design process of protocol buffers and its > goals are internal to Google and they usually publish new versions of their > code implementing new features before you can read about them in the > documents.

[protobuf] Re: Streaming Serialization - Suggestion

2016-03-26 Thread Yoav H
Any comment on this? Will you consider this for proto3? On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 11:50:36 AM UTC-7, Yoav H wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a suggestion fr improving the protobuf encoding. > Is proto3 final? > > I like the simplicity of the encoding of protobuf. > But

Re: [protobuf] Default Values vs Missing Values

2016-03-26 Thread Yoav H
Thanks all, Do you know where I can find the proto2 encoding guide? The proto site has only the proto3 encoding described. On Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 12:21:39 PM UTC-7, Tim Kientzle wrote: > > > > On Mar 26, 2016, at 11:43 AM, Yoav H > > wrote: > > > > Hi, &

[protobuf] Default Values vs Missing Values

2016-03-26 Thread Yoav H
Hi, I wanted ask regarding the decision to populate fields with default values, even if they do not appear in the encoded message. If I want to send a "patch" message, where I want to update just the provided fields, how can I do that with protobuf (without adding IsXXXSet for every field)? Wh

[protobuf] Streaming Serialization - Suggestion

2016-03-23 Thread Yoav H
Hi, I have a suggestion fr improving the protobuf encoding. Is proto3 final? I like the simplicity of the encoding of protobuf. But I think it has one issue with serialization, using streams. The problem is with length delimited fields and the fact that they require knowing the length ahead of t