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Jens Geyer commented on THRIFT-5587:
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Fighting CI vis-á-vis a partial implementation of this feature finally let me
end up with creating an {*}uuid-datatype branch{*}.
There is just no simple, low-footprint way to enable/disable specific tests
across the whole code base, so that seems the best option.
> Introduce uuid as additional builtin type
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>
> 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
> Priority: Major
>
> I hereby propose to add *{{uuid}}* as an additional built-in basic type.
> *Rationale:*
> * Uuids (or Guids) 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 open to uuid (or even both) as well. That's
> just a detail.-
> * If no significant concern is raised, I would move on and implement C#,
> Delphi and Haxe bindings (as sub-tasks) myself and leave the rest to the
> community.
>
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