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Document wrapper non-uses

Document the cases where the wrapper well-known types are not useful.
Joe Tsai 7 years ago
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 // for embedding primitives in the `google.protobuf.Any` type and for places
 // where we need to distinguish between the absence of a primitive
 // typed field and its default value.
+//
+// These wrappers have no meaningful use within repeated fields as they lack
+// the ability to detect presence on individual elements.
+// These wrappers have no meaningful use within a map or a oneof since individual
+// entries of a map or fields of a oneof can already detect presence.
 
 syntax = "proto3";