[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-1528?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13226901#comment-13226901 ]
Jens Geyer edited comment on THRIFT-1528 at 3/10/12 5:21 PM: ------------------------------------------------------------- {quote}From my perspective, its insane to have a field have a value and not to serialize it. [...] I would vote for standardizing on default values being considered set at object creation.{quote} +1 was (Author: jensg): {quote}From my perspective, its insane to have a field have a value and not to serialize it. In fact, the whole "isset" thing in Java is just a hack around the fact that you can't have null primitives. I would vote for standardizing on default values being considered set at object creation.{quote} +1 > Iconsistency in optional fields between Java/C# and python > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: THRIFT-1528 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-1528 > Project: Thrift > Issue Type: Bug > Components: Python - Compiler > Affects Versions: 0.8 > Reporter: Stefan Gmeiner > Priority: Minor > > If a struct contains optional fields with default values the generated python > code serialize differently than Java or C# code. > In Java or C# optional fields are only serialized if a field was set by the > client. If not the field is omited during serialization. This is possible > because C#/Java maintains for each field a 'isset'-boolean which records if a > field was set or not. > However the generated python code does not have such a 'isset'-structure. It > writes every field which is not equal None. As the constructor initialize the > optional fields with their default value, these fields are written whether > they are set or not. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira