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Original date posted:2014-06-24
š Original message:On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Gmail <will.yager at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, wanting structured data is a decent argument, but why this random
> arbitrary case in particular? There are hundreds of fields like this that
> people might want to use.
>
Protocol buffers are designed to be extensible, and there are hundreds of
field numbers available.
It would be silly to add a "generic stuff" field inside a container format
that ALREADY has all the mechanisms necessary for forwards and backwards
extensibility.
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Gavin Andresen
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Original date posted:2014-06-24\nš Original message:On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Gmail \u003cwill.yager at gmail.com\u003e wrote:\n\n\u003e Ok, wanting structured data is a decent argument, but why this random\n\u003e arbitrary case in particular? There are hundreds of fields like this that\n\u003e people might want to use.\n\u003e\n\nProtocol buffers are designed to be extensible, and there are hundreds of\nfield numbers available.\n\nIt would be silly to add a \"generic stuff\" field inside a container format\nthat ALREADY has all the mechanisms necessary for forwards and backwards\nextensibility.\n\n\n-- \n--\nGavin Andresen\n-------------- next part --------------\nAn HTML attachment was scrubbed...\nURL: \u003chttp://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20140624/ec32513e/attachment.html\u003e",
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