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Dmitriy V. Ryaboy commented on PIG-2359: ---------------------------------------- It occurs to me that in effect, we *already* have the schema next to every tuple in BinSedes, since we precede each field with a byte that describes the type. If for primitive tuples we simply put the type bytes first, and then write the bytes as they are stored in the byte buffer, we will have a super efficient read, and won't take up any more space than we do now. > Support more efficient Tuples when schemas are known > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Key: PIG-2359 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-2359 > Project: Pig > Issue Type: New Feature > Reporter: Dmitriy V. Ryaboy > Assignee: Dmitriy V. Ryaboy > Attachments: PIG-2359.1.patch > > > Pig Tuples have significant overhead due to the fact that all the fields are > Objects. > When a Tuple only contains primitive fields (ints, longs, etc), it's possible > to avoid this overhead, which would result in significant memory savings. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira