[protobuf] Design advice: variability (at runtime) on the number of fields in a message

Let's assume I'm designing a distributed (client-server) application. The server owns a bunch of parameters. The client (GUI) is to be periodically updated when any of their values change. I could: i) send a small wire message containing one field each time it changes ii) periodically send a big

Re: [protobuf] Design advice: variability (at runtime) on the number of fields in a message

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 14:19, mark.t.macdon...@googlemail.com mark.t.macdon...@googlemail.com wrote: Let's assume I'm designing a distributed (client-server) application. The server owns a bunch of parameters. The client (GUI) is to be periodically updated when any of their values change. I