edwindj / flatbuffers.v

flatbuffers for v (early work)

vlatbuffers?

Status

• Parser (and scanner) voor framebuffers schema works: creates a Schema struct
• Schema can generate:
  • framebuffers schema file: fbs
  • v structs that match with the flatbuffers definition

Not yet working (most important part...)

• encoding
• decoding

Simple approach:

• encoder for v structs (similar to json encoder)
• decoder to v structs (similar to json decoder)
• encoder for v structs could generate fbs, framebuffers schema
• generate a decoder and encoder from a fbs file into v source. Would be nice if generated source has no dependencies

references

• https://google.github.io/flatbuffers/
• schema language: https://google.github.io/flatbuffers/flatbuffers_grammar.html
• description of binary format: https://github.com/dvidelabs/flatcc/blob/master/doc/binary-format.md