ANN: extprot 0.1.1

Ryan Kelly ryan at rfk.id.au
Wed Aug 5 18:33:14 EDT 2009


Hi All,


Sorry if you get this twice, it seems to have gotten lost on its way
through python-announce.

I'm pleased to announce the first release of the "extprot" python
module.  Extprot implements a compact, efficient, extensible and
language-neutral object serialisation protocol.

License:      MIT
Downloads:    http://pypi.python.org/pypi/extprot/
Source code:  http://github.com/rfk/extprot/tree/master


You can think of extprot as something akin to Google's protocol buffers,
with a few extra bytes of serialisation overhead and a Python binding
that doesn't have nearly as many rough edges.  For example:

      * It's a stand-alone python module, packaged and distributed in
        the standard fashion.
      * It's friendly to dynamic package management tools like pip.
      * It works exclusively with standard Python objects. Declared a
        list field? It's a native list object.
      * You don't need to compile your protocol definitions.


More on the extprot format itself is here:

   http://eigenclass.org/R2/writings/extprot-extensible-protocols-intro

More on my motivations for this package here, if you're interested:

    http://www.rfk.id.au/blog/entry/new-python-module-extprot


Enjoy!


    Ryan

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