Touche. I can live with byte as a special case :-).

On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 6:02 AM, Konrad Grochowski <[email protected]> wrote:
> There's no i8 but byte, which creates inconsistency ;)
>
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> Od: Randy Abernethy <[email protected]>
> Data:01.12.2014  14:21  (GMT+01:00)
> Do: [email protected]
> Temat: Re: i32 vs int
>
> One of the things I love about Thrift is its simple IDL. No aliases
> just simple self describing types (i8, i16, etc). We presently have
> one keyword for each feature of the IDL. I think the Pandora's box
> analogy is a good one. It is hard work keeping things simple.
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 12:09 AM, Stig Bakken <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Out of curiosity, what kinds of errors did you see from this?
>>
>>  - Stig
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 1:18 AM, Jens Geyer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi *,
>>>
>>> I have found people multiple times doing things like this, ending up with 
>>> strange errors.
>>>
>>>     typedef i32 int
>>>
>>> What about making it legal and allowing int as an built-in alias for i32?
>>> Or should we add some kind of warning instead?
>>>
>>> Or would either one of these just open pandora’s box?
>>>
>>> Have fun,
>>> JensG

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