Date and decimal types are ubiquitous and in wide use. Language specific bindings could easily be created - this is exactly what we do in some other open source projects that I contribute to. The way I envision it, protocol buffers would provide 'date' and 'decimal' types - protoc compiler would compile these into language specific data types (e.g. java.util.Date for Java and DateTime for C#).
Jawaid Hakim Chief Technology Officer CodeStreet LLC 646 442 2804 www.codestreet.com -----Original Message----- From: Alexandru Turc [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 5:09 PM To: Jawaid Hakim Cc: Protocol Buffers Subject: Re: [protobuf] Additional data types proto files are mapped to many languages, Date and BigDecimal are java specific. On Apr 4, 2012, at 9:37 AM, jhakim wrote: > Any plans to provide out-of-the-box for commonly used data types such > as Date (encoded as String) and BigDecimal/BigInteger types? Seems > this would be of interest to a lot of users. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
