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Releasing fast Protocol Buffers for Python with lazy decoding support

• calloc 16y ago
  This is great news. The company I am currently working at is using the Google Protocol buffers within Python as well, and any and all speedups we can get is absolutely fantastic. As of right now we are just getting off the ground and I don't think the protocol buffers are going to be our primary concern for a while, either way it is nice to know that in the future we can look forward to using these 3rd party libraries.
• atamyrat 16y ago
  Last week there was a discussion about Protocol Buffers for Python when Greplin released C++ wrappers. [http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2145534 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2145534] I mentioned that we were working on it too, so over the weekend I tried to make it usable by others. Two main differences are: 1) Lazy decoding support: Message parts are decoded on the fly as they are accessed for first time. 2) No dependencies. C code is generated which compiles to Python module.
• StavrosK 16y ago
  Does anyone have the TL;DR version of what PBs are or how they're used?
  • atamyrat 16y ago
    It is binary serialization format used and open sourced by Google. Unlike JSON, objects must adhere to a predefined scheme/structure, and hence, it is compact.
    • StavrosK 16y ago
      That was succinct and concise, thank you.
• jchonphoenix 16y ago
  Is anyone pushing these updates back to google? Isn't protobufs open source?
  • atamyrat 16y ago
    I have just posted this to protobuf mailing list too, and license is the same so it can be integrated.