[sldev] AppendedAcks

[Lawson English]

Ambrosia wrote:
> Speaking of saving bytes, it was mentioned on this list a longer time
> ago, and for some reason rejected:
>
> The idea of using Google Protocol Buffers instead of the currently
> rather unflexible implementation of LLSD.
>
> http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/apis/protocolbuffers/
>
> The protocol buffers serve pretty much the same purpose, are less
> verbose, and support -optional- fields,
> which means that in some cases quite alot of overhead could be saved.
> Headers and cpp files for the
> messages can be autoconstructed as well. Worth a look, IMO.
>   

There's been much discussion on the MMOX mailing list about LLSD vs 
google protocol buffers.

I'm not sure that the rejection was concerning that particular form of 
serialization or merely concerns
about insisting that we use that particular way of describing the 
on-the-wire protocol.


Lawson



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