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Roger Meier commented on THRIFT-2457: ------------------------------------- [~jensg] A compiler supporting float will provide this warning: {noformat} use Thrift Libraries > 0.9.1 or latest version, they should handle float properly {noformat} a old compiler this: {noformat} thrift -gen cpp Float.thrift [ERROR:Float.thrift:21] (last token was 'float') Cannot use reserved language keyword: "float" {noformat} *API designers need to take care when using float data type and have to ensure that used libraries support it.* I still believe it is worth to add float: * compiler warning when using float or --with-float option * test case within test/ThriftTest.thrift * idl docs update * proper error handling within the Thrift libraries and verify via make cross patches are welcome! -roger > fbthrift float > -------------- > > Key: THRIFT-2457 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-2457 > Project: Thrift > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: Build Process, C++ - Compiler, C++ - Library, Test Suite > Reporter: Roger Meier > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 1.0 > > > I'm interested into the fbthrift FLOAT data type. > Which languages are supported? -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252)