+1 (non-binding) I can't imagine the coverage of UDF for this SPIP at this point, but I think this is the way to go if things work out, so definitely good to explore.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM Felix Cheung <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 worth a shot, it would be great to have some improvement in this space > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Hyukjin Kwon <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 13, 2026 6:50:19 PM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [VOTE] SPIP: Improving Spark SQL UDFs with Transpilation > > I'm +1 on this as long as we can isolate the implementation and turn it > off by default till it's proven that it works and it's ready. > > I am not fully confident that it will work but I think it should be worth > trying. > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 6:29 AM huaxin gao <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 12:24 PM Holden Karau <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > Discussion on the SPIP Spark SQL UDF transpilation > <https://lists.apache.org/thread/xj8qfqvo5f9o188984mwh2kcg0fnqs9c> seems > to have settled, so I'm now bringing it for a vote. The normal requirements > is that an SPIP vote is open for at least 72 hours, but given that some are > just returning from the winter holidays, I plan to leave this vote open > until Sunday Jan 18th. > > From the original discussion: > > It's been a few years since we last looked at transpilation, and with the > growth of Pandas on Spark I think it's time we revisit it. I've got a JIRA > filed <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-54783> some rough > proof of concept code <https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/53547> (I > think doing the transpilation Python side instead of Scala side makes more > sense, but was interesting to play with), and of course everyones favourite > a design doc. > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cHc6tiR4yO3hppTzrK1F1w9RwyEPMvaeEuL2ub2LURg/edit?usp=sharing> > (I > also have a collection of YouTube streams playing with the idea > <https://www.youtube.com/@HoldenKarau/streams> if anyone wants to follow > along on that journey). > > Cheers, > > Holden :) > > -- > Twitter: https://twitter.com/holdenkarau > Fight Health Insurance: https://www.fighthealthinsurance.com/ > <https://www.fighthealthinsurance.com/?q=hk_email> > Books (Learning Spark, High Performance Spark, etc.): > https://amzn.to/2MaRAG9 <https://amzn.to/2MaRAG9> > YouTube Live Streams: https://www.youtube.com/user/holdenkarau > Pronouns: she/her > >
