How to change the buffer limit in Google's protobuf?

Question

I\'m getting this warning and an error afterwards when I try to parse a large message. I know than 64MB which is the default limit. I am using message.ParseFromIstream now.

Answer 1

The correct fix: You should try to limit the sizes of your protobuf messages. Please see: https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/techniques#streaming

The quick and dirty (read not recommended) approach: In the file coded_stream.h of the protobuf library source, change the values of kDefaultTotalBytesLimit and kDefaultTotalBytesWarningThreshold, recompile, and reinstall.