José Joaquín Atria created AVRO-3998:
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Summary: Switch Perl library from JSON::XS to JSON::MaybeXS
Key: AVRO-3998
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-3998
Project: Apache Avro
Issue Type: Improvement
Components: perl
Reporter: José Joaquín Atria
The Perl library currently depends directly on JSON::XS, which forces a
decision of the JSON backend on the user. Perl currently has a number of
compatible backends, including JSON::PP, which is shipped with Perl itself.
The JSON::MaybeXS library serves as a compatibility layer to allow users to
select the JSON backend that matches their stack, rather than forcing them to
install a specific one, while still benefiting from the performance boost of XS
libraries if they are available.
Note that AVRO-1514 already exists aiming to clean up some dependencies,
including replacing JSON::XS with plain JSON, a different compatibility layer.
While the other changes in AVRO-1514 I think are desirable, that ticket seems
to have stalled, and JSON::MaybeXS seems like a better alternative since it
also supports Cpanel::JSON::XS as an additional possible backend.
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