Jens Geyer created THRIFT-3393:
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Summary: Introduce i8 to provide consistent set of Thrift IDL
integer types
Key: THRIFT-3393
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-3393
Project: Thrift
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: Compiler (General)
Reporter: Jens Geyer
Assignee: Jens Geyer
In following up a recent email discussion and the consistent stream of problems
with the signedness of the Thrift IDL {{byte}} datatype, we should
* add an {{i8}} data type to provide a consistent set
* keep the {{byte}} type for tghe sake of compatibility
* internally map all references to {{byte}} to {{i8}}
This patch is solely about the changes needed in the IDL and the compiler
infrastructure, changing only what's necessary in the various target languages
to let {{make check}} succeed. Any additional changes to be made in the
language libs should be added as a sub-task as necessary. This procedure allows
us to make the changes in a more granular way while still maintaining a
shippable product.
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