+1 for SPEED. -dave
On Mar 5, 3:39 pm, Kenton Varda <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > As you know if you've read the docs carefully, when using C++ or Java > protocol buffers, for best performance you need to add a line to your .proto > files: > > option optimize_for = SPEED; > > Otherwise, by default, the compiler optimizes for code size. Optimizing for > code size results in generated code that around a half to a third of the > size, but runs an order of magnitude slower. We make this the default > because inside Google we've found that code bloat from lots of generated > code is a serious problem, and we find that we only actually care about > speed for a small minority of protocols. However, now I'm worried that > users who care about speed may be missing the documentation mentioning this > attribute, and may as a result think protocol buffers are slower than they > are. Code size tends only to be a problem for users who have lots and lots > of protocols, where most only have as small number. > > So, tell me: What should the default be? I think we can pretty safely > change the default to SPEED in the next version, but if we do, it will be > less safe to change the default back to CODE_SIZE in the future. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
