100% a hold over from thrift - I don't remember who i was discussing this with ages ago, but there was definitely some question about whether it would bite us eventually.
On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM Jeremiah Jordan <jeremiah.jor...@gmail.com> wrote: > AFAIK this EMPTY stuff goes back to thrift days. We let people insert > these zero length values back then, so we have to support those zero length > values existing for ever :/. > > >
