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Konrad Grochowski commented on THRIFT-3393:
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> Introduce i8 to provide consistent set of Thrift IDL integer types
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> 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
> Labels: i8
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> In following up a [recent email
> discussion|https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/thrift-dev/201412.mbox/%[email protected]%3e]
> and the consistent stream of problems with the [signedness of the Thrift IDL
> {{byte}} datatype|https://thrift.apache.org/docs/types], we should
> * add an {{i8}} data type to provide a consistent set
> * keep the {{byte}} type for the sake of compatibility
> * internally map all references to {{byte}} to {{i8}}
> I'm hesitant though about printing a warning for {{byte}} at this stage. A
> lot of third-party-tools rely on Thrift IDL and I don't want to introduce any
> breaking changes. IMHO we should promote i8 instead of byte wherever
> possible, but not hammer that nail too much.
> 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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