python: difference between using protoc --plugin= and python -m grpc.tools.protoc ?

[ascani...@gmail.com]

What is the difference between invoking protoc

protoc -I. --python_out=tmp --grpc_out=tmp --plugin=protoc-gen-grpc=`which grpc_python_plugin`       test.proto

(some online docs)

and using grpcio-tools

python -m grpc.tools.protoc -I. --python_out=tmp  --grpc_python_out=tmp   test.proto

(official gRPC Basics: python)

Are they the same thing?

Regards

Anthony

[Nathaniel Manista]

They're not the same thing, but they should have the same effect (produce identical generated _pb2.py files). Use whichever is more convenient!

-Nathaniel