No, there's no version backward-compatibility like this. protobuf library
only works with the matching protoc generated files.
There's a feature
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Hi,
After finishing our project using latest protobuf-java-2.4.0a jar and
corresponding protoc compiler, we came to know that there are usages
of protobuf-2.0.3.jar (which is older) in our system. So, now it turns
only one of these jars can exists.
Can you guys let me know whether there will be
