Jens Geyer created THRIFT-5587:
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Summary: Introduce guid as additional builtin type
Key: THRIFT-5587
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-5587
Project: Thrift
Issue Type: New Feature
Components: Compiler (General)
Reporter: Jens Geyer
Assignee: Jens Geyer
I hereby propose to add *{{guid}}* as an additional built-in basic type.
*Rationale:*
* Guids (or uuids) are a state of the art and well-understood way to
identitify data entities.
* There is support in next to all languages' runtimes to generate, convert and
store such data.
* Although conversion to and from string or binary is certainly possible, it
is also rather cumbersome.
* A distinct datatype enables us to sent it in the most suitable way across
the wire: JSON=text, Compact=binary
*Remarks*
* I am open to discuss the term "guid" vs "uuid". Coming from NET platforms I
would tend to guid, but I am oopen to uuid (or even both) as well. That's just
a detail.
* If no sinbificant concern is raised, I would move on and implement C#,
Delphi and Haxe bindings (as sub-tasks) and leave the rest to the community.
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