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aren't there some ambiguities that would require extra data to decipher? like if I have a message inside of a message vs just a bytes field that happens to hav
by emptysea 3y ago
aren't there some ambiguities that would require extra data to decipher?
like if I have a message inside of a message vs just a bytes field that happens to have a valid protobuf?
- 2h 3y agoExactly, they could have added an extra wire type to signify messages without costing any extra bytes. Nothing is stopping ProtoBuf from being self describing except incompetence.