riginal Message-
> From: Christopher Smith [mailto:cbs...@gmail.com ]
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 12:58 AM
> To: Jawaid Hakim
> Cc: Alexandru Turc; Protocol Buffers
> Subject: Re: [protobuf] Additional data types
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> Nothing prevents you from making a module available
--Original Message-
From: Christopher Smith [mailto:cbsm...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 12:58 AM
To: Jawaid Hakim
Cc: Alexandru Turc; Protocol Buffers
Subject: Re: [protobuf] Additional data types
Nothing prevents you from making a module available for everyone's benefit. If
On Apr 4, 2012, at 2:54 PM, Jawaid Hakim wrote:
> My group builds applications using use multiple languages, including Java and
> C#, so a simple int64 for date representation does not work.
That there isn't a simple way to do it is a pretty nasty strike against having
a standard implementati
exandru Turc [mailto:alex.t...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 5:09 PM
> To: Jawaid Hakim
> Cc: Protocol Buffers
> Subject: Re: [protobuf] Additional data types
>
>
> proto files are mapped to many languages, Date and BigDecimal are java
> specific.
>
>
AFAIK the answer is no. A lot of the value of protocol buffers derives from
keeping their functionality simple. There are plenty of all singing/all dancing
serialization frameworks already. ;-)
I think date in particular is fraught with peril. I'd recommend against
encodung them as strings. Wha
, April 04, 2012 5:42 PM
To: Jawaid Hakim
Cc: Protocol Buffers
Subject: Re: [protobuf] Additional data types
What would be the mapping for C or C++? I think there is an advantage of
keeping the set of data types very limited, to primitive values which can be
easily mapped to multiple languages
Wednesday, April 04, 2012 5:09 PM
To: Jawaid Hakim
Cc: Protocol Buffers
Subject: Re: [protobuf] Additional data types
proto files are mapped to many languages, Date and BigDecimal are java
specific.
On Apr 4, 2012, at 9:37 AM, jhakim wrote:
> Any plans to provide out-of-the-box for common
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> -Original Message-
> From: Alexandru Turc [mailto:alex.t...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 5:09 PM
> To: Jawaid Hakim
> Cc: Protocol Buffer
proto files are mapped to many languages, Date and BigDecimal are java
specific.
On Apr 4, 2012, at 9:37 AM, jhakim wrote:
> Any plans to provide out-of-the-box for commonly used data types such
> as Date (encoded as String) and BigDecimal/BigInteger types? Seems
> this would be of interest to
