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I want to publish a list that can contain any kind of data type [closed]

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asked 2022-05-01 21:53:47 -0500

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I want to publish a list of tuples or any other data type, Are there any message types that fulfill this in ROS?

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answered 2022-05-02 04:01:25 -0500

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updated 2022-05-02 04:01:41 -0500

I want to publish a list of tuples or any other data type, Are there any message types that fulfill this in ROS?

No, there isn't.

Or at least, not if you'd like those fields to actually have a type.

Message fields inherently have a type, such as int8 or bool or float64.

There is no support for variant types, or untyped fields.

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