1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_field.cc b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_field.cc
index 4480a9d2..dce9617c 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_field.cc
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/compiler/cpp/cpp_field.cc
@@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ void SetCommonFieldVariables(const FieldDescriptor* descriptor,
   // By default, empty string, so that generic code used for both oneofs and
   // singular fields can be written.
   (*variables)["oneof_prefix"] = "";
+
+  // These variables are placeholders to pick out the beginning and ends of
+  // identifiers for annotations (when doing so with existing variables would
+  // be ambiguous or impossible). They should never be set to anything but the
+  // empty string.
+  (*variables)["{"] = "";
+  (*variables)["}"] = "";
 }
 
 void SetCommonOneofFieldVariables(const FieldDescriptor* descriptor,
@@ -194,7 +201,6 @@ const FieldGenerator& FieldGeneratorMap::get(
   return *field_generators_[field->index()];
 }
 
-
 }  // namespace cpp
 }  // namespace compiler
 }  // namespace protobuf