On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Mayan Moudgill <[email protected]> wrote:
> Actually, I think you would find it problematic doing this.
>
> Let's say we have the following:
> struct A {
> 1 : i32 v;
> }
> struct B {
> 1: i32 w;
> }
> list<any> foo(...)
>
> Assume the response to a call to foo() is:
> T_LIST 2 T_STRUCT 1: I32 ... T_STOP 1: I32 ... T_STOP
> There are many valid interpretations of the type: it could be a list of A,A
> or list of A,B, or list of B,B.
>
I was assuming the type of the structs was carried by the protocol and could
be carried over in the native language's collections. Since that's not the
case, I see your point now.
alex
