Pkl <--> ProtoBuf

[ha1dfo]

Hi folks,

I'm working on a project which uses Pkl to author configurations (yay!). So far it seems to be a well rounded choice; it helps generate JSON, YAML, etc.

On the consumption side; most of the industry has settled on Protocol Buffers (yeah, I know some use Thrift) as an interface definition language; deserialization of JSON files. And since Protocol Buffers power gRPC, it's a very convenient way of handling data that might be used in RPCs.

While converting the whole code ecosystem at my hands to a single language is a noble goal, practically it's way beyond the capabilities of me (or even a complete team) - so I'd rather seek for solutions that'd allow two system to coexist in ways that wouldn't necessarily result in ever-diverging schemas.

I wonder, if there's any way of generating Protocol Buffers IDLs out of Pkl schemas; or vice versa, define the interface w/ Protocol Buffers and generate a Pkl schema out of it?

How does the rest of the user base deal with this?