EDIT: s/compiler generator/parser generator/. Though, ASN.1 parser generators are also typically compiler generators, I guess, in the sense of generating code t

EDIT: s/compiler generator/parser generator/. Though, ASN.1 parser generators are also typically compiler generators, I guess, in the sense of generating code to "compile" data structures to the encoded form, which is probably what was going through my head when I muddled the terminology. The benefit of fixed-size, pointer-free structure fields in C is more pronounced when initializing a structure to be serialized.