* introduced UnsignedValue type
* leveraged existing int64 compression algorithms (RLE, Simple 8B)
* tsm and WAL can read and write UnsignedValue
* compaction is aware of UnsignedValue
* unsigned support to model, cursors and write points
NOTE: there is no support to create unsigned points, as the line
protocol has not been modified.
Slices of tsm1.Value interfaces are only ever used with all the same
types, and the previous code would switch on the type returned from a
call to Value(), which allocated and returned an interface{} object for
the underlying value.
This change instead type-switches on the tsm1.Value object itself,
allowing it direct access to the underlying value field, eliminating the
unecessary allocations.
Stuart Carnie
Jason Wilder
Joe LeGasse
Ben Johnson