I see that protobuf for kotlinx.serialization is s...
# serializations
spierce7
04/26/2021, 7:21 AMI see that protobuf for kotlinx.serialization is still considered “experimental”. In what regard is it experimental? Are certain features in JSON not supported in protobuf?
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russhwolf
04/26/2021, 11:59 AMI think it just means there's some possibility of breaking API change still
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spierce7
04/26/2021, 2:13 PMoh
spierce7
04/26/2021, 2:13 PMI can live with that, thanks
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Big Chungus
04/26/2021, 2:14 PMKeep in mind that there's no support for protobuf in ktor client if you plan on using kotlin.js
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spierce7
04/26/2021, 5:33 PMDoes there need to be support for it? Wouldn’t I just deserialize it?
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Big Chungus
04/26/2021, 5:41 PMHow do you mean? Kotlinx.serialization is just a platform, each format needs to be implemented on both ends separately.
Big Chungus
04/26/2021, 5:43 PMSame applies for json, it's a separate lib built on top of kotlinx-serialization-core. Also kotlinx.serialization protobuf currently is only published for jvm platform, so there's no way to use it on js
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russhwolf
04/26/2021, 6:08 PMI don't know what it would take to use it with ktor, but kotlinx-serialization-protobuf is not JVM only. Can see published artifacts for different platforms here: https://search.maven.org/search?q=a:kotlinx-serialization-protobuf*%20v:1.1.0
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Big Chungus
04/26/2021, 6:18 PMYou're right. My bad, looks like things have changed since I've last looked at it
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