ProtocolBuffer

Creator: opticron Status: Early Implementation Born On: 18:22, 15 July 2009 (CDT) Last Updated: 22:06, 24 July 2009 (CDT)

Overview

ProtocolBuffer is a D library encompassing the basic tools required to compile .proto definition files into code and additional functions that are used by the resulting source file. The backend library is separated from the definition compiler for now, but those may merge in the future.

Options

At the moment, only a handful of options are supported and all others will be ignored. Options are not currently accessible at runtime. Supported options are packed, deprecated, and default.

Todo

• support extensions (this is going to suck than I thought)
  • Need to figure out and tree all pbroots before writing anything
  • PBMessage and PBRoot structures need a new PBChild[] for extensions
  • PBMessage structures need two integer fields for extension ranges
  • Nested extensions modify the variable name, but the effect is still global
• proper option support
• support services (this may not happen at all)