On Mon 27 dec. 2021 17:42, Askar Safin <safinas...@mail.ru> wrote:
> Hi. I'm writing Avro implementation in Rust for personal use. I have a
> question. Consider this Avro scheme:
>
> {
> "type": "record",
> "name": "a.b",
> "fields": [
> {
> "name": "c",
> "type": {
> "type": "record",
> "name": "d",
> "fields": []
> }
> }
> ]
> }
>
> What is fullname of record "c"? "a.c" or "c"? I think Avro specification
> is vague about this and should be fixed. When I attempt to interpret Avro
> spec literally, I get to conclusion that the fullname is "a.c". But this
> contradicts to my common sense.
>
c is a field in record a.d: d has no namespace and a simple name (without a
dot), so the namespace is taken from the innermost enclosing named type
(b), which has namespace a
Kind regards,
Oscar
