[GitHub] orc pull request #299: ORC-203 - Update StringStatistics to trim long string...

[omalley]

Github user omalley commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/orc/pull/299#discussion_r208392450
  
    --- Diff: java/core/src/java/org/apache/orc/StringColumnStatistics.java ---
    @@ -33,6 +33,20 @@
        */
       String getMaximum();
     
    +  /**
    +   * Get the string with
    +   * length = Min(StringStatisticsImpl.MAX_BYTES_RECORDED, getMinimum())
    --- End diff --
    
    I would phrase this as "Get the lower bound of the values in this column. 
The value may be truncated to at most MAX_BYTES_RECORDED."


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