Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
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Protoc (parser) - Improved error message when an enum value's name conflicts with another symbol defined in the enum type's scope, e.g. if two enum types declared in the same scope have values with the same name. This is disallowed for compatibility with C++, but this wasn't clear from the error. C++ - Restored the set_foo(const char*) accessor for "bytes" type because some code inside Google depends on it. However, set_foo(const char*, int) is still there (and actually is changed to take const void*). - Fixed TokenizerTest when compiling with -DNDEBUG on Linux. - Other irrelevant tweaks. Java - Fixed UnknownFieldSet's parsing of varints larger than 32 bits. - Fixed TextFormat's parsing of "inf" and "nan". - Fixed TextFormat's parsing of comments. Python - Fixed text_format_test on Windows where floating-point exponents sometimes contain extra zeros. |
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Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/
BETA WARNING
============
This package is a beta. This means that API may change in an
incompatible way in the future. It's unlikely that any big changes
will be made, but we can make no promises. Expect a non-beta release
sometime in August 2008.
C++ Installation - Unix
=======================
To build and install the C++ Protocol Buffer runtime and the Protocol
Buffer compiler (protoc) execute the following:
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make check
$ make install
If "make check" fails, you can still install, but it is likely that
some features of this library will not work correctly on your system.
Proceed at your own risk.
"make install" may require superuser privileges.
For advanced usage information on configure and make, see INSTALL.txt.
** Hint on insall location **
By default, the package will be installed to /usr/local. However,
on many platforms, /usr/local/lib is not part of LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
You can add it, but it may be easier to just install to /usr
instead. To do this, invoke configure as follows:
./configure --prefix=/usr
If you already built the package with a different prefix, make sure
to run "make clean" before building again.
** Note for Solaris users **
Solaris 10 x86 has a bug that will make linking fail, complaining
about libstdc++.la being invalid. We have included a work-around
in this package. To use the work-around, run configure as follows:
./configure LDFLAGS=-L$PWD/src/solaris
See src/solaris/libstdc++.la for more info on this bug.
C++ Installation - Windows
==========================
If you are using Micosoft Visual C++, see vsprojects/readme.txt.
If you are using Cygwin or MinGW, follow the Unix installation
instructions, above.
Java and Python Installation
============================
The Java and Python runtime libraries for Protocol Buffers are located
in the java and python directories. See the README file in each
directory for more information on how to compile and install them.
Note that both of them require you to first install the Protocol
Buffer compiler (protoc), which is part of the C++ package.
Usage
=====
The complete documentation for Protocol Buffers is available via the
web at:
http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/