golang-github-tendermint-go-wire-dev - 1.0~rc+git20161223.40.2f3b7aa-2 main

This software implements Go bindings for the Wire
encoding protocol. The goal of the Wire encoding
protocol is to be a simple language-agnostic
encoding protocol for rapid prototyping of
blockchain applications.
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* Supported types:
- Primary types: uvarint, varint, byte,
uint[8,16,32,64], int[8,16,32,64], string,
and time types are supported
- Arrays: Arrays can hold items of any arbitrary
type. For example, byte-arrays and
byte-array-arrays are supported.
- Structs: Struct fields are encoded by value
(without the key name) in the order that they
are declared in the struct. In this way it is
similar to Apache Avro.
- Interfaces: Interfaces are like union types
where the value can be any non-interface type.
The actual value is preceded by a single "type
byte" that shows which concrete is encoded.
- Pointers: Pointers are like optional fields.
The first byte is 0x00 to denote a null pointer
(e.g. no value), otherwise it is 0x01.
* Unsupported types:
- Maps: Maps are not supported because for most
languages, key orders are nondeterministic. If
you need to encode/decode maps of arbitrary
key-value pairs, encode an array of {key,value}
structs instead.
- Floating points: Floating point number types are
discouraged because of reasons. If you need to
use them, use the field tag wire:"unsafe".
- Enums: Enum types are not supported in all
languages, and they're simple enough to model
as integers anyways.
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A compatible (and slower) JSON codec is included.
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This package includes the source code and development
files to compile applications.