Randy Abernethy created THRIFT-2003:
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Summary: Deprecate senum
Key: THRIFT-2003
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-2003
Project: Thrift
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: Compiler (General)
Affects Versions: 1.0
Environment: All
Reporter: Randy Abernethy
Priority: Minor
Fix For: 1.0
I propose the senum type be deprecated (flagged by the compiler as scheduled
for removal) in v1.0 and subsequently removed in a later version of Apache
Thrift.
Rationale: The senum type is a string in all target languages. Instances of the
type are not constrained to the enumeration strings in IDL or output languages.
IDL constants of type senum can be assigned irrational values (e.g. random
strings, integers, floats, etc.) without a compiler warning or error. The senum
type offers no cross language utility and is easily replaced by string or enum
(which offers string lookup in many languages). This type impacts a wide range
of concerns including language generators and the effort required to learn
Apache Thrift.
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