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Jason Dere commented on HIVE-5206: ---------------------------------- The main intent of this feature is for char/varchar/decimal support. I suppose this could be used in some fashion to unify the integral types, but I think that would mean all integral types would need to use the same java/writable types. Is unifying the integral types something people have been talking about? > Support parameterized primitive types > ------------------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-5206 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-5206 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Types > Reporter: Jason Dere > Assignee: Jason Dere > Attachments: HIVE-5206.1.patch, HIVE-5206.D12693.1.patch > > > Support for parameterized types is needed for char/varchar/decimal support. > This adds a type parameters value to the > PrimitiveTypeEntry/PrimitiveTypeInfo/PrimitiveObjectInspector objects. > NO PRECOMMIT TESTS - dependent on HIVE-5203/HIVE-5204 -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira