Is this page incorrect then and needs to be updated or am I interpreting it 
incorrectly ?

http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/2.0/cassandra/dml/dml_about_deletes_c.html

Particularly this sentence 

"After data is marked with a tombstone, the data is automatically removed 
during the normal compaction and repair processes"

Rahul

> On Nov 17, 2014, at 6:57 PM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Rahul Neelakantan <ra...@rahul.be> wrote:
>> Doesn't repair also get rid of tombstones?
> 
> Repair is a non-destructive activity, and therefore cannot purge tombstones.
> 
> =Rob
>  

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