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Re:Gunk: Modern front end and syntax for Protocol Buffers by joshuamorton on Saturday January 19, 2019 @02:22AM (#18945796)
In good proto2, all fields are optional, that doesn't negate the uses of one of, which provide compile time validation instead of runtime, which is the important part.
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Re:Gunk: Modern front end and syntax for Protocol Buffers by kenshaw on Saturday January 19, 2019 @02:42AM (#18945862)
Yes, I understand how this would be done. It's a design philosophy. If you'd like Gunk to support "oneof", we're open to Pull Requests!
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