User Protocol Analysis with C and Python

Question

I need to define a binary protocol and use it both from a written C application and for Python. My question is, what is the right tool to work with, so I won’t need to parse and build the code in C and Python? I heard about the Google protocol buffers, but their C implementation is not mature enough for the protocol. Is their best replacement?

Answer 1

Look for compilers for state machines, such as Ragel . They will generate compiled code based on the state machine specification.

Answer 2

Take a look at MessagePack .