Use uint64 Count consistently in metric aggregation #1430
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The OTLP Export code path uses a
uint64
for histogram bucket counts. This meant an extra copy because this code, which predates the OTLP definition, chose int64 and float64 inconsistently. This PR avoids the extra copy and uses uint64 for counts consistently across aggregators and histogram buckets.The change from int64 to uint64 is not lossy because counts should never be negative.
The change from float64 to uint64 matters only in theory for a discussion about sampling in a statsd receiver.
[In the statsd receiver case, I'm prepared to argue for the use of integer-reciprocal sampling rates to mitigate this issue.]