[THRIFT-5153] Deprecate byte

• Type: Wish
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Fix Version/s: 0.14.0
• Component/s: Compiler (General)
• Assignee: Jens Geyer
• Reporter: Zezeng Wang
• Created: 26/Mar/20 09:46
• Updated: 26/Sep/22 20:35
• Resolved: 04/Feb/21 10:04

Description

When use byte in .thrift file, it will throw WARNING: The "byte" type is a compatibility alias for "i8". Use "i8" to emphasize the signedness of this type.

It looks ambiguous. Since byte will cause ambiguity, it is better to discard it completely.

Issue Links

• is related to: THRIFT-3393 Introduce i8 to provide consistent set of Thrift IDL integer types