Re: Protobuf's Missing Features

2008-11-07 Thread Alain M.
code_monkey_steve escreveu: This is my single biggest complaint, and the one reason protobuf is unsuitable for my project: the message definitions need to include enough information to dynamically generate the user interface for both displaying and composing messages. I am new to this

Re: Use of Protobuf as a Simple Database

2008-12-12 Thread Alain M.
This topic is very interesting, and I have put a lot of thought in it. Let's share: I have noticed that in most of my applications, most of the columns in the database are just storage for later reports, nothing happens there. I gess this is what you call persistence. I was thinking of

Re: Pb with online doc on website?

2009-01-05 Thread Alain M.
Interesting... Google's Chrome is the only browser that dos NOT work google's stuff ;) BTW, is there a users' list about Chrome? Alain Olivier Gautherot escreveu: Hi Kenton, thanks for the insight. On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Kenton Varda ken...@google.com mailto:ken...@google.com

Re: Performance comparison of Thrift, JSON and Protocol Buffers

2009-03-04 Thread Alain M.
Hi, I was reading this comparison yesterday and was woried about PB performance... But today I studied a little more about JSON and I would like to share this: JSON is not at all comparable with ProtBuf, it is much much simpler. It is just a way of putting variables in a pack. ProtBuf is a

Re: Is there a need or desire for protobuf-lite?

2009-04-20 Thread Alain M.
Is it possible to use protobuf-c in the embedded side and regular protbuff in the PC side? This sound like a win-win option, or am I mistaken??? Thanks in advance for feedback, Alain Wink Saville escreveu: In the embedded systems they are both important. I potentially see 100's of messages

Forward/backwards compatibility - slightly OT

2009-06-08 Thread Alain M.
Hi, One of the big advantages of ProtBuf is the ability to make comunications Forward *and* backward compatible beween versions. I would like to study the matter a little more, preferably not directly related to PB, but in a neutral background (even XML could be). Can enyone send some