I would guess (from the
README<https://github.com/tanmaykm/Protobuf.jl#protocol-buffer-metadata>)
that the meta line is used for metadata about the type. Probably the meta
function is not shown when object follows default behaviour.
Ivar
kl. 18:26:52 UTC+1 søndag 2. mars 2014 skrev Uwe Fechner følgende:
>
> Hi, if I look at the generated code, for example:
> type PositionECEF
> latitude::Float32
> longitude::Float32
> altitude::Float32
> PositionECEF() = new()
> end #type PositionECEF
>
> type OrientationEX
> phi::Float32
> theta::Float32
> psi::Float32
> OrientationEX() = new()
> end #type OrientationEX
> meta(t::Type{OrientationEX}) = meta(t, Symbol[:phi,:theta,:psi], Int[],
> Dict{Symbol,Any}())
>
> then I see that some type definitions are followed by a "meta" line and
> some are not.
> What is the use of this "meta" line?
>
> Regards: Uwe
>
> On Saturday, March 1, 2014 8:15:19 PM UTC+1, Tanmay K. Mohapatra wrote:
>>
>> I have now implemented the .proto parser and code generator. Was able to
>> generate Julia code for the file "asset.system.proto".
>> Do try out https://github.com/tanmaykm/Protobuf.jl and give your
>> feedback.
>> It is not yet a registered package, but shall do it in a couple of days.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Tanmay
>>
>>
>> On Monday, February 24, 2014 12:33:23 AM UTC+5:30, Uwe Fechner wrote:
>>>
>>> That's a good start.
>>>
>>> Perhaps the following file could be used as test case:
>>>
>>> https://bitbucket.org/ufechner/freekitesim/src/1df579321570a3c7fa2c157416f7326876bb9dda/asset/asset.system.proto?at=master
>>>
>>> Is there already a piece of code that can parse .proto files in Julia?
>>>
>>> Regards:
>>>
>>> Uwe
>>>
>>> On Sunday, February 23, 2014 6:09:22 PM UTC+1, Tanmay K. Mohapatra wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have started working on a pure Julia Protobuf implementation here:
>>>> https://github.com/tanmaykm/Protobuf.jl. It's in very early stages,
>>>> but I plan to focus on it for the next few weeks. I have put up a few
>>>> lines
>>>> now about how I plan to develop it in the readme. Would love to hear what
>>>> you think of it.
>>>>
>>>> - Tanmay
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday, February 23, 2014 10:14:27 PM UTC+5:30, Amit Murthy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> You may want to check out Tanmay's
>>>>> https://github.com/tanmaykm/Protobuf.jl
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Uwe Fechner <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> our control and simulation software is highly modular, and we use
>>>>>> google protocol buffer
>>>>>> encoded messages over ZeroMQ sockets to communicate.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What is the best approach to send and receive protobuf encoded
>>>>>> messages:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> a) using one of the C bindings; there are actually three:
>>>>>> - http://spbc.sourceforge.net/
>>>>>> - http://code.google.com/p/protobuf-c/
>>>>>> - http://koti.kapsi.fi/jpa/nanopb/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> b) using the Python library:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/pythontutorial
>>>>>> This one is officially supported by google in contrast to the C
>>>>>> bindings
>>>>>>
>>>>>> c) writing a full protobuf compiler, coder and decoder in Julia
>>>>>> directly
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any comments welcome.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Uwe Fechner
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
