Why Protocol Buffer(protobuf )is not in C program

santhosh Jayawadagi

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Oct 18, 2016, 2:07:10 PM10/18/16

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Protoc compiler cannot generate file for C program , why ?

Adam Cozzette

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Oct 20, 2016, 1:00:19 PM10/20/16

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We don't support C (just C++) in the main protobuf implementation, and I believe this is mostly because there has not been a lot of interest in a C implementation. However, there are some other implementations out there that support C--for example, you might want to look at upb (which we already use in the internals of the Ruby and PHP implementations), protobuf-c, and others listed here.

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:52 PM, santhosh Jayawadagi <sans...@gmail.com> wrote:

Protoc compiler cannot generate file for C program , why ?

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Kevin Baker

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Oct 21, 2016, 1:27:34 PM10/21/16

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A vote for the excellent NanoPB, it is well documented, generates clean code, and works across a wide range of embedded systems. We have been using it for many years without issues. https://koti.kapsi.fi/jpa/nanopb/

Kevin

On Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 12:00:19 PM UTC-5, Adam Cozzette wrote:

We don't support C (just C++) in the main protobuf implementation, and I believe this is mostly because there has not been a lot of interest in a C implementation. However, there are some other implementations out there that support C--for example, you might want to look at upb (which we already use in the internals of the Ruby and PHP implementations), protobuf-c, and others listed here.

On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:52 PM, santhosh Jayawadagi <sans...@gmail.com> wrote:

Protoc compiler cannot generate file for C program , why ?

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