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Aleksey Yeschenko commented on CASSANDRA-8951:
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The idea of having a signed 'byte' type bothers me (and I know that Java's
'byte' is signed).
That said, I also understand the argument for consistency well. Can we rename
'byte' type to 'tinyint' instead (and leave it be signed)?
> Add smallint (and possibly byte) type
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> Key: CASSANDRA-8951
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-8951
> Project: Cassandra
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Sylvain Lebresne
> Assignee: Benjamin Lerer
> Labels: client-impacting, docs-impacting, protocolv4
> Fix For: 2.2 beta 1
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> We have {{int}} and {{bigint}}, but we don't have a {{smallint}} (2 bytes). I
> see no reason not to add it. And while we're at it, it doesn't cost much to
> add a {{byte}} type either.
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