[jira] Commented: (CASSANDRA-767) Row keys should be byte[]s, not Strings

["Jonathan Ellis (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Jonathan Ellis commented on CASSANDRA-767:
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nothing wrong with making everything the equivalent of BytesType to start with and adding support for others later if it turns out to be useful (imo: it won't)

> Row keys should be byte[]s, not Strings
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>                 Key: CASSANDRA-767
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-767
>             Project: Cassandra
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Stu Hood
>            Priority: Critical
>             Fix For: 0.7
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> This issue has come up numerous times, and we've dealt with a lot of pain because of it: let's get it knocked out.
> Keys being Java Strings can make it painful to use Cassandra from other languages, encoding binary data like integers as Strings is very inefficient, and there is a disconnect between our column data types and the plain String treatment we give row keys.
> The key design decision that needs discussion is: Should we apply the column AbstractTypes to row keys? If so, how do Partitioners change?

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