Re: [go-nuts] protobuf go and pointers

Thanks for the explanation. It does look much better in proto3. I will see if it will be possible to switch to proto3. 2016-08-03 21:37 GMT+05:30 Ian Lance Taylor : > On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Sankar wrote: >> >> I have a .proto2 file, like: >>

Re: [go-nuts] protobuf go and pointers

On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Sankar wrote: > > I have a .proto2 file, like: > > message s { > optional double a = 1; > } > > When I run protoc and generate the .pb.go file, it contains code like: > > type S struct { > A*float64

[go-nuts] protobuf go and pointers

Hi I have a .proto2 file, like: message s { optional double a = 1; } When I run protoc and generate the .pb.go file, it contains code like: type S struct { A*float64 `protobuf:"fixed64,1,opt,name=a" json:"a,omitempty"` XXX_unrecognized []byte `json:"-"` } Why is the A field