[jira] [Created] (THRIFT-3393) Introduce i8 to provide consistent set of Thrift IDL integer types

["Jens Geyer (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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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