Add custom_scalar tag as a extension point #1380
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I'm not sure if you will be interested by this PR but I will try my luck as I feel like other might use it (otherwise I will keep it on a fork).
Context: For performance and memory usage reasons I wanted to optimise the data structures I use with
prost. In my use-case I wanted to use a string interner for some fields and arrays instead of bytes for others, but this could also be used for small string optimisation or tiny vec and more.To do it in a generic way, I added:
CustomScalarInterfacecustom_scalar(interface_path)tag inprost-buildandprost-deriveThis make it possible to implement as a crate user any scalar wrapping type without needing to touch
prost. It is an expert API as the user would need to correctly implementCustomScalarInterfacein a way that is compatible with the declared protobuf type.