[THRIFT-1331] Ruby library deserializes an empty map to nil

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.7, 0.8
• Fix Version/s: 0.8
• Component/s: Ruby - Library
• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Assignee: Armaan Sarkar
• Reporter: Armaan Sarkar
• Created: 07/Sep/11 17:29
• Updated: 23/Sep/11 14:22
• Resolved: 20/Sep/11 18:46

Description

The problem occurs when deserializing an empty map. Instead of deserializing to an empty hash in Ruby, Thrift currently makes it a nil object. This poses a variety of problems and is not the intended/original behavior.