Notes on descriptors vs static modules [ci skip]

Author: dcodeIO

README.md

@@ -336,7 +336,13 @@ protobuf.load("bundle.json", function(err, root) {
 });
 ```
 
-#### Generating TypeScript definitions for static modules
+### Descriptors vs. static modules
+
+While .proto and JSON files require the full library (about 20kb gzipped), pretty much all code but the relatively short descriptors is shared.
+
+Static code, on the other hand, requires just the runtime library (final size TBA), but generates relatively large code bases without any reflection features.
+
+### Generating TypeScript definitions from static modules
 
 Likewise, the `pbts` command line utility can be used to generate TypeScript definitions from `pbjs`-generated static modules.
 

cli/pbts.js

@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ var protobuf = require("..");
 exports.main = function(args) {
     var argv = minimist(args.slice(2), {
         alias: {
+            name: "n",
             out : "o"
         },
-        string: [ "out" ]
+        string: [ "name", "out" ]
     });
 
     var files  = argv._;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ exports.main = function(args) {
         fs.unlinkSync(path.join(dir, "types.d.ts"));
 
         var header = [
-            "// pbts " + process.argv.slice(2).join(' '),
+            "// $> pbts " + process.argv.slice(2).join(' '),
             "// Generated " + (new Date()).toUTCString().replace(/GMT/, "UTC"),
             ""
         ];

types/protobuf.js.d.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-// pbts --name protobufjs --out types/protobuf.js.d.ts ./src
-// Generated Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:42:40 UTC
+// $> pbts --name protobufjs --out types/protobuf.js.d.ts ./src
+// Generated Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:45:34 UTC
 
 declare module "protobufjs" {