[THRIFT-2404] emit warning on (typically inefficient) list<byte>

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.2
• Component/s: Compiler (General)
• Labels: perfomance
• Patch Info: Patch Available
• Assignee: Jens Geyer
• Reporter: Jens Geyer
• Created: 14/Mar/14 21:42
• Updated: 01/Apr/14 20:01
• Resolved: 16/Mar/14 14:49

Description

As long as there is no special treatment of list<byte> implemented, it is a common beginner's trap to choose list<byte> where really binary would be the better choice.

Thus, the compiler should emit an adequate warning when list<byte> is found in the IDL.