Could you support to answer regarding below asking?
1, Would be "left high" an open drain? Or would drive left high with VDD?
2, If "left high" is an open drain, Could be it safe to connect SDA with a +3.3V system?
Data sheet Page 22 : http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/slaseq4a/slaseq4a.pdf
"A not-acknowledge is when the SDA line is left high during the high period of the ninth clock cycle as shown in Figure 56."