tree a4d93dc2a22b1e58ea4334f5712ee901b506ec59
parent 34eb7ef6d5127078404b6d6ae5ef8fc6b4b25984
author Joe Tsai <joetsai@digital-static.net> 1541809956 -0800
committer Joe Tsai <thebrokentoaster@gmail.com> 1541811589 +0000

reflect/prototype: remove TODO about custom extensions constructors

Most usages extensions are only for fields that have a singular message
as the type. In such a sitation, the Go type and constructors are determined
by the provided protoreflect.MessageType and is certainly what the user wanted.

Custom extensions constructors are mainly useful if the user wants to use their
own type to represent repeated fields. For example, we use *[]T to represent
repeated fields, while a user may want to use their own opaque type.

However, this is such a niche use-case that it is not worth supporting given
that there is a workaround:

	type MyExtensionType struct {
		protoreflect.ExtensionType
	}
	func (x MyExtensionType) GoNew() interface{} {
		... // return my custom value
	}
	func (x MyExtensionType) GoType() reflect.Type {
		... // return my custom type
	}
	func (x MyExtensionType) ValueOf(v interface{}) protoreflect.Value {
		... // convert my custom type to a protoreflect.Value
	}
	func (x MyExtensionType) InterfaceOf(v protoreflect.Value) interface{} {
		... // convert a protoreflect.Value to my custom type
	}

Change-Id: Iafc838b1c95b0ffc8583461ee9eb327bd3ce9c3c
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/148820
Reviewed-by: Herbie Ong <herbie@google.com>