Comments on: Protocol Buffers http://www.coriolinus.net/2008/07/08/protocol-buffers/ read, and be entertained Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:19:56 +0000 By: Bookmarks about Google http://www.coriolinus.net/2008/07/08/protocol-buffers/#comment-4486 Bookmarks about Google Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:45:35 +0000 http://www.coriolinus.net/?p=2167#comment-4486 [...] - bookmarked by 4 members originally found by nedward on 2008-10-01 Protocol Buffers - The good, the bad, and the… no, wait; this is a... http://www.coriolinus.net/2008/07/08/protocol-buffers/ - bookmarked by 1 members originally found [...] [...] - bookmarked by 4 members originally found by nedward on 2008-10-01 Protocol Buffers - The good, the bad, and the… no, wait; this is a… http://www.coriolinus.net/2008/07/08/protocol-buffers/ - bookmarked by 1 members originally found [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.coriolinus.net/2008/07/08/protocol-buffers/#comment-1527 Chris Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:03:11 +0000 http://www.coriolinus.net/?p=2167#comment-1527 You should check out Thrift...its an open sourced facebook project, and pretty much does the same thing. Its been around for over a year and has more community development into it. http://incubator.apache.org/thrift/ You should check out Thrift…its an open sourced facebook project, and pretty much does the same thing. Its been around for over a year and has more community development into it.

http://incubator.apache.org/thrift/

]]> By: coriolinus http://www.coriolinus.net/2008/07/08/protocol-buffers/#comment-1525 coriolinus Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:59:03 +0000 http://www.coriolinus.net/?p=2167#comment-1525 I like that idea. You'd probably still want a classmethod in place to construct an instance when given a Message, but it does make things simpler otherwise. I like that idea. You’d probably still want a classmethod in place to construct an instance when given a Message, but it does make things simpler otherwise.

]]> By: Nat http://www.coriolinus.net/2008/07/08/protocol-buffers/#comment-1524 Nat Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:50:07 +0000 http://www.coriolinus.net/?p=2167#comment-1524 In Python, I wouldn't even copy fields to/from your generated Message class. I'd just make your application class contain the Message object, with transparent delegation via the __getattr__() method. <a href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/52295" rel="nofollow">This article</a> talks about simple delegation. Its rationale is a bit dated, but the approach is still very current. (The Python Cookbook is a great resource. I even read the printed copy: it was my intro book to Python.) In Python, I wouldn’t even copy fields to/from your generated Message class. I’d just make your application class contain the Message object, with transparent delegation via the __getattr__() method.

This article talks about simple delegation. Its rationale is a bit dated, but the approach is still very current.

(The Python Cookbook is a great resource. I even read the printed copy: it was my intro book to Python.)

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