[Variant] Add constants for empty variant metadata#8359
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Thanks @scovich -- makes sense to me
cc @codephage2020 and @klion26 and @mbrobbel
| /// let metadata_bytes = metadata_builder.into_inner(); | ||
| /// assert_eq!(&metadata_bytes, EMPTY_VARIANT_METADATA_BYTES); | ||
| /// ``` | ||
| pub const EMPTY_VARIANT_METADATA_BYTES: &[u8] = &[1, 0, 0]; |
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This makes it more readable; thank you for the improvement. |
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Rationale for this change
Variant metadata only "matters" for variant values that contain objects. Especially in unit tests, it is common for a given variant value to have an empty variant metadata -- often one created separately and replicated across many rows.
What changes are included in this PR?
Define new constants,
EMPTY_VARIANT_METADATA_BYTESandEMPTY_VARIANT_METADATA, which are exactly what they sound like.Are these changes tested?
New doc tests, and several unit tests were updated to use it as well.
Are there any user-facing changes?
New constants