[KUDU-848] Client API should not use void* for values

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Private Beta
• Fix Version/s: Private Beta
• Component/s: api, client
• Target Version/s: Private Beta
• Assignee: Todd Lipcon
• Reporter: Todd Lipcon
• Created: 07/Jul/15 00:28
• Updated: 17/Nov/15 21:26
• Resolved: 27/Oct/15 22:58

Description

The C++ client currently uses void* in a few places for values. This is extremely hard to use – the lifetime isnt' clear, and it's not even always obvious what kind of type it should refer to.

Instead, we should use some kind of "KuduValue" wrapper with a type-safe API.