all: unify protoV1.ExtensionDesc and proto.ExtensionType

Change protoV1.ExtensionDesc to directly implement ExtensionType
rather than delegating to one.

Unify the previous types protoiface.ExtensionDescV1 and
filetype.Extension in impl.ExtensionInfo. The protoV1.ExtensionDesc
type becomes an alias to ExtensionInfo.

This gives us:

  - Just one implementation of ExtensionType.
  - Generated foopb.E_Ext vars are canonical ExtensionTypes.
  - Generated foopb.E_Ext vars are also v1.ExtensionDescs for backwards
    compatibility.
  - Conversion between legacy and modern representations happens
    transparently when lazily initializing an ExtensionInfo.

Overall, a simplification for users of generated code, since they can
mostly ignore the ExtensionDesc/ExtentionType distinction and use the
same value in either the old or new API.

This is change 3/5 in a series of commits changing protoV1.ExtensionDesc
to directly implement protoreflect.ExtensionType.

1. [v2] Add protoimpl.ExtensionInfo as an alias for
   protoiface.ExtensionDescV1.

2. [v1] Update references to protoimpl.ExtensionInfo to use
   protoiface.ExtensionInfo.

3. [v2] Create protoimpl.ExtensionInfo (an alias to a new type in
   the impl package) and remove protoiface.ExtensionDescV1.

4. [v1] Remove unneeded explicit conversions between ExtensionDesc and
   ExtensionType (since the former now directly implements the latter).

5. [v2] Remove stub conversion functions.

Change-Id: I96ee890541ec11b2412e1a72c9d7b96e4d7f66b4
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/protobuf/+/189563
Reviewed-by: Joe Tsai <thebrokentoaster@gmail.com>
30 files changed
tree: 1dba2ebc359a641c3fd354419d3c97b592422684
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  6. proto/
  7. reflect/
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  11. .gitignore
  12. .travis.yml
  13. AUTHORS
  14. CONTRIBUTING.md
  15. CONTRIBUTORS
  16. go.mod
  17. go.sum
  18. integration_test.go
  19. LICENSE
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README.md

Next Generation Go Protocol Buffers

WARNING: This repository is in active development. There are no guarantees about API stability. Breaking changes will occur until a stable release is made and announced.

This repository is for the development of the next major Go implementation of protocol buffers. This library makes breaking API changes relative to the existing Go protobuf library. Of particular note, this API aims to make protobuf reflection a first-class feature of the API and implements the protobuf ecosystem in terms of reflection.

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