On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:04 PM, le <lance.earw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. I think I understand what is happening here but > have an additional question. > > You stated three rules. When you say "...singular embedded messages/ > groups will be merged.", does that imply that the other rules are > simply applied recursively?
Yes. > Based on your statements I would think that the "cat procedure" I > inquired about would provide the functionality I desire because, even > though both MyData and AmpData contain singular primitives, they are > part a repeated embedded message and therefore should be merged/ > concatenated. > > Moreover, based on my interpretation, all data from the individual > 0.dat, 1.dat, ... files would be present in the fullday.dat file, > minus any top level singular primitive fields. That is, it appears > that the only data I stand to lose is the top-level primitives in > message Collection, which I can live with given my alternatives. > > Is that a correct assumption? Yep, sounds right. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To post to this group, send email to protobuf@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/protobuf?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---