thanks for your reply , as for the `unknown enum values` , do you mean the 
case of a unseted enum field ?

On Friday, 15 March 2019 02:12:31 UTC+8, Adam Cozzette wrote:
>
> 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] 
> <javascript:>> 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
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