tokio-rs
[Question/Feature-Request] Add support for a compiler plugin
Are there any plans to implement a compiler plugin feature like there is for the c++ implementation of protoc?
I am currently using the compiler plugin in c++ to generate some non protobuf related files. Namely typescript definition files for a rest api. While this plugin could still be used it would be awesome if prost would support something similar.
Attached is patch that I am currently using which suits my needs so far. But unfortunately it has same drawbacks. Some of the internal types must be exported and currently the ServiceGenerator interface is broken.
As I just started with rust I am wondering if this a promising path. If so I will try to fix the issues and make a real pull request. Or is this approach in contrast to what is planned for the library? compiler_plugin.txt
I've also worked on customizing Prost, which required forking the project: https://github.com/kaiserkarel/prosit
Although this is not intended as a competing implementation, just as experimental ground. With the current architecture of Prost, adding the changes was quite cumbersome. Proper plugin infrastructure would allow for more extensions as a library.
