msgpack-tools VS asn1c

Compare msgpack-tools vs asn1c and see what are their differences.

msgpack-tools

Command-line tools for converting between MessagePack and JSON / msgpack.org[UNIX Shell] (by ludocode)
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msgpack-tools asn1c
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247 1,009
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0.0 0.0
over 2 years ago 5 months ago
C++ C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License
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msgpack-tools

Posts with mentions or reviews of msgpack-tools. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-22.
  • JSON with Commas and Comments
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Feb 2021
    I wholeheartedly agree with this idea. In case anyone wants a fast C++ parser for this, RapidJSON [1] has optional support for comments and trailing commas; I actually added trailing comma support to it.

    I did this to support hand-writing game data in JSON (e.g. monster stats, campaign dialog scripts) and then converting it to MessagePack at build time [2]. This gives you very high simplicity (e.g. no schemas) and excellent performance.

    [1] http://rapidjson.org/

    [2] https://github.com/ludocode/msgpack-tools

asn1c

Posts with mentions or reviews of asn1c. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-20.
  • A Critique of the Cap'n Proto Schema Language
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Aug 2023
    I had to use it at work in a C++ environment and ended up settling on patching a copy of https://github.com/vlm/asn1c

    Can't say I'd feel confident putting any of this stuff in a public service. Too complex and prone to bugs.

  • JSON with Commas and Comments
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 22 Feb 2021
    I've used ASN.1 at work quite a bit, and the reason you won't see it much are pretty much:

    - HORRIBLE schema format.

    - Very few FOSS libraries, most of which are terrible. I used Lev Walkins asn1c[0], which I patched slightly and coupled with some semi-generic code to emit JSON (for debugging purposes).

    [0] https://github.com/vlm/asn1c

What are some alternatives?

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json5 - JSON5 — JSON for Humans

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