FWIW, I agree with Randy. There is value to being able to directly compare two type names through simple equality, with aliases you will get situations where you need code like "are_these_types_the_same(t1, t2)".
On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Randy Abernethy <r...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 <s...@zedge.net> 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 <jensge...@hotmail.com> 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 -- Stig Bakken CTO, Zedge.net - free your phone!
