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Eric Rannaud updated THRIFT-1188:
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Priority: Major (was: Minor)
Issue Type: New Feature (was: Improvement)
> C++: Use bit fields for a more compact __isset struct
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> Key: THRIFT-1188
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-1188
> Project: Thrift
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Affects Versions: 0.6.1, 0.7
> Reporter: Eric Rannaud
> Attachments: thrift-cpp-isset-bitfield.patch
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> With the C++ generator, the __isset structure is made of bool fields.
> For Thrift objects with many optional fields, the memory impact of the
> __isset structure with respect to the actual data payload can be significant.
> This patch simply turns each member of __isset into a 1-bit field.
> This patch does not pack the structure as I'm not sure how this should be
> handled in general. As is, it will depend on the compiler whether there is a
> real size gain (with GCC 4.5 the struct is packed at all optimization levels).
> To enforce packing in all cases, should I define a T_ATTRIBUTE_PACKED macro
> in Thrift.h? That wouldn't work for compilers that use #pragma, however.
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