[CASSANDRA-8951] Add smallint (and possibly byte) type

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.0 beta 1
• Component/s: Legacy/CQL, Legacy/Distributed Metadata
• Labels: protocolv4
• Impacts: Docs
• Assignee: Benjamin Lerer
• Reporter: Sylvain Lebresne

Authors

Benjamin Lerer

Reviewers

Aleksey Yeschenko

• Created: 11/Mar/15 19:42
• Updated: 06/Nov/19 22:05
• Resolved: 15/May/15 14:44

Description

We have int and bigint, but we don't have a smallint (2 bytes). I see no reason not to add it. And while we're at it, it doesn't cost much to add a byte type either.