> The core of this crate is a python2 script codegen.py that is provided to the protobuf compiler, protoc as a plugin.
That's... surprisingly janky. Not only Python tooling is always painful to deal with (compared to Go/Rust/...), but Python 2? And in a project that otherwise has no reason to depend on Python? :(
In comparison, the Go protoc plugin is written in Go, the alternatice rust-protobuf protoc plugin is witten in Rust, the Typescript one is written in Typescript...
> The core of this crate is a python2 script codegen.py that is provided to the protobuf compiler, protoc as a plugin.
That's... surprisingly janky. Not only Python tooling is always painful to deal with (compared to Go/Rust/...), but Python 2? And in a project that otherwise has no reason to depend on Python? :(
In comparison, the Go protoc plugin is written in Go, the alternatice rust-protobuf protoc plugin is witten in Rust, the Typescript one is written in Typescript...