thomasrebele commented on code in PR #6293:
URL: https://github.com/apache/hive/pull/6293#discussion_r2832383143
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ql/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/ql/optimizer/calcite/stats/FilterSelectivityEstimator.java:
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@@ -184,91 +188,284 @@ public Double visitCall(RexCall call) {
return selectivity;
}
+ /**
+ * If the cast can be removed, just return its operand and adjust the
boundaries if necessary.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * In Hive, if a value cannot be represented by the cast, the result of
the cast is NULL,
+ * and therefore cannot fulfill the predicate. So the possible range of
the values
+ * is limited by the range of possible values of the type.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * Special care is taken to support the cast to DECIMAL(precision, scale):
+ * The cast to DECIMAL rounds the value the same way as {@link
RoundingMode#HALF_UP}.
+ * The boundaries are adjusted accordingly, without changing the semantics
of <code>inclusive</code>.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @param cast a RexCall of type {@link SqlKind#CAST}
+ * @param tableScan the table that provides the statistics
+ * @param boundaries indexes 0 and 1 are the boundaries of the range
predicate;
+ * indexes 2 and 3, if they exist, will be set to the
boundaries of the type range
+ * @param inclusive whether the respective boundary is inclusive or
exclusive.
+ * @return the operand if the cast can be removed, otherwise the cast itself
+ */
+ private RexNode removeCastIfPossible(RexCall cast, HiveTableScan tableScan,
float[] boundaries, boolean[] inclusive) {
Review Comment:
As the code is already written and tested, I would keep it.
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