[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16730697#comment-16730697 ] Zoltan Farkas commented on AVRO-2164: - One more thing I stumbled upon, Currently in

[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16675887#comment-16675887 ] Zoltan Farkas commented on AVRO-2164: - I am in favor of making decimal a first class type. One extra

[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16568212#comment-16568212 ] Andy Coates commented on AVRO-2164: --- Hi [~nkollar],   This is what the docs currently say, but this

Re: [jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

Actually, having re-read the "Schema resolution" section, I think you're right. If "Schema resolution" is the term used when discussing how to resolve differences between reader and writer schemas, then that sentence under the Decimal heading is currently not implemented / misleading / wrong.

Re: [jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

Hi Andy, I think the intent of that sentence was to define a schema evolution rule, because it starts with "purposes of schema resolution", though it is not in the proper 'Schema resolution' part of Avro spec. If so, then in my opinion either implementation should enforce this rule (AVRO-2078),

Re: [jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

Hi [~nkollar], I'd say that's a rule for decimal comparison, not evolution. On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 at 13:10, Nandor Kollar (JIRA) wrote: > > [ > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16550713#comment-16550713 > ]

[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16550713#comment-16550713 ] Nandor Kollar commented on AVRO-2164: - [~BigAndy] I wanted to refer to this in the Decimal section of

[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16525022#comment-16525022 ] Nandor Kollar commented on AVRO-2164: - As of schema evolution, Avro

[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16524997#comment-16524997 ] Andy Coates commented on AVRO-2164: --- Hey [~rdblue], thanks for your time on this subject. Maybe always

[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16523943#comment-16523943 ] Ryan Blue commented on AVRO-2164: - First class types are difficult to add because they break the format's

RE: [jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

attribute, allowing various data producers with various data precision needs to use the same schema. -Original Message- From: Andy Coates (JIRA) Sent: 26 June 2018 13:42 To: dev@avro.apache.org Subject: [jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type. [ https://issues.

[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16523603#comment-16523603 ] Andy Coates commented on AVRO-2164: --- I guess the main issue that I see is that the current decimal

[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16411737#comment-16411737 ] Hans-Peter Werner commented on AVRO-2164: - We use AVRO when we write data to kafka topics with

[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16411698#comment-16411698 ] Ryan Blue commented on AVRO-2164: - The current decimal type is a fixed scale, so you use the same scale for

[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16411673#comment-16411673 ] Hans-Peter Werner commented on AVRO-2164: - "Lossy" in that you dont have the scale stored with the

[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16411615#comment-16411615 ] Ryan Blue commented on AVRO-2164: - [~hp9000], I don't follow. How is it lossy? What is "kind of" lossy? >

[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16411595#comment-16411595 ] Hans-Peter Werner commented on AVRO-2164: - It is kind of lossy since you cannot use a BigDecimal in

[jira] [Commented] (AVRO-2164) Make Decimal a first class type.

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-2164?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=16411572#comment-16411572 ] Ryan Blue commented on AVRO-2164: - I disagree that the current format is lossy. The decimal scale is stored