Going from proto3 to proto2 should be fine. There are some slight differences but I can't think of any major problems. The only thing that comes to mind is that proto2 handles unknown enum values a little bit differently from proto3. I doubt that would be a problem but if you want to be extra cautious you could double-check that you're not storing any unknown enum values.
However, there is no need to downgrade to version 2.6.1 and if anything that would only introduce bugs and make the code slower. The proto2 semantics are still fully supported in all versions going forward, so all you have to do is put syntax = "proto2"; at the top of your .proto files. You can stick with 3.6.1 or even upgrade to any newer version. On Thu, Mar 14, 2019 at 10:21 AM Jason Huang <[email protected]> wrote: > i chose proto3 for cache （serialize） for my application , and it have run > for several month . but now i wanna change my mind for proto2 , because the > hasField is really needed . > > the problem is , there're still lots of data in the cache which are > serialized with proto3 , if i can't deserialize with them with proto2 . it > will be unacceptable . > > my question is , is it safe to switch from proto3 to proto2 ? i made some > test i could work in some case . but i'm afraid this is not full coverage > test . > > my current proto3 version is 3.6.1 , and the proto2 version i want to use > is 2.6.1 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Protocol Buffers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
