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Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 17:14:20 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Doug Cutting (JIRA)" <jira@apache.org>
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Subject: [jira] [Commented] (AVRO-1318) Python schema should store
 fingerprints
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Doug Cutting commented on AVRO-1318:
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An alternative is to add an entirely new API and deprecate the old one.

If we add a new API it would be good to have it object-based rather than dictionary-based (AVRO-283), and for it to correctly resolve unions, using record names rather than recursive validation (AVRO-1343).
                
> Python schema should store fingerprints
> ---------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: AVRO-1318
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1318
>             Project: Avro
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: python
>            Reporter: Jeremy Kahn
>            Assignee: Jeremy Kahn
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: features
>         Attachments: AVRO-1318.patch
>
>
> Python schema objects need to produce a simple representation that demonstrates their field identity.   {avro.schema.Schema} objects need to provide a {fingerprint} member field to enable quick checking of schema matching (even when the schema has other, possibly changed decoration).
> Based on a patch pulled from [~laserson]'s proposed changes to make a collection of C-typing hints.  These changes will be backwards-compatible.

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