To make sure I understand this right; does that mean there will be a default 
value for unset fields? Like 0 for numerical values, and an empty vector (I 
presume) for the vector type?

On Fri, Sep 15, 2023, at 11:46 AM, Benjamin Lerer wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I noticed that the new Vector type accepts empty ByteBuffer values as an 
> input representing null.
> When we introduced TINYINT and SMALLINT (CASSANDRA-895) we started making 
> types non -emptiable. This approach makes more sense to me as having to deal 
> with empty value is error prone in my opinion.
> I also think that it would be good to standardize on one approach to avoid 
> confusion.
> 
> Should we make the Vector type non-emptiable and stick to it for the new 
> types?
>     
> I like to hear your opinion.

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