SourabhBadhya commented on code in PR #4431: URL: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/4431#discussion_r1247725865
########## ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/metadata/HiveStorageHandler.java: ########## @@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ default boolean canProvideBasicStatistics() { * @return boolean */ default boolean setColStatistics(org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.metadata.Table table, - List<ColumnStatistics> colStats) { + List<ColumnStatistics> colStats, ColumnStatsDesc columnStatisticsDesc) { Review Comment: Since we are changing the API, can we think of returning a map<Column, Boolean Result> OR a generic object containing mapping of (Column Name -> Merge result) (since we cant predict things that this generic object will contain). This return type is useful in the case of Alter table Change column's datatype. @simhadri-g @deniskuzZ WDYT? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: gitbox-unsubscr...@hive.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: gitbox-unsubscr...@hive.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: gitbox-h...@hive.apache.org