mingmwang commented on code in PR #3969:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/pull/3969#discussion_r1006962356


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datafusion/physical-expr/src/expressions/no_op.rs:
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+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
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+//
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+
+//! Literal expressions for physical operations
+
+use std::any::Any;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use arrow::{
+    datatypes::{DataType, Schema},
+    record_batch::RecordBatch,
+};
+
+use crate::physical_expr::down_cast_any_ref;
+use crate::PhysicalExpr;
+use datafusion_common::Result;
+use datafusion_expr::ColumnarValue;
+
+/// A place holder expressions, can not be evaluated
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Default)]
+pub struct NoOp {}
+
+impl NoOp {
+    /// Create a NoOp expression
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {}
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for NoOp {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "NoOp")
+    }
+}
+
+impl PhysicalExpr for NoOp {
+    /// Return a reference to Any that can be used for downcasting
+    fn as_any(&self) -> &dyn Any {
+        self
+    }
+
+    fn data_type(&self, _input_schema: &Schema) -> Result<DataType> {
+        Ok(DataType::Null)

Review Comment:
   The `NoOp` expr type will also be used in other places in the following PR.



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