Giving this a bump.  This might also be considered a feature request (the 
ability to temporarily assign a string value to a protocol buffer during 
serialization, rather than copying it).

--Kevin

On Friday, March 8, 2013 1:49:29 PM UTC-8, Kevin Regan wrote:
>
> I often have situations like this:
>
> void do_something(const std::string& value)
> {
>        my_proto_buffer.set_value(value);
>        // serialize my_proto_buffer to a stream
> }
>
> Would it be valid to do this:
>
> void do_something(const std::string& value)
> {
>        my_proto_buffer.set_allocated_value(&((std::string&)value));
>        try {
>            // serialize my_proto_buffer to a stream
>        }
>        catch (...) {
>             my_proto_buffer.release_value()
>             throw;
>        }
>        my_proto_buffer.release_value();
> }
>
> or can I not rely on the internal string not being modified during 
> serialization?
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
>
>

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