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Doug Cutting updated AVRO-1533: ------------------------------- Resolution: Fixed Status: Resolved (was: Patch Available) I'll resolve this as fixed and we can file follow-on issues. > permit promotions between string and bytes > ------------------------------------------ > > Key: AVRO-1533 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1533 > Project: Avro > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: java > Reporter: Doug Cutting > Assignee: Doug Cutting > Fix For: 1.7.7 > > Attachments: AVRO-1533.patch, AVRO-1533.patch > > > Avro strings are a subset of bytes, so promoting from string to bytes is > lossless and should be possible. Promotion from bytes to strings may cause > problems, as not all byte strings are valid UTF8, but it also might be useful. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252)