ozankabak commented on code in PR #4525:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-datafusion/pull/4525#discussion_r1041076804


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datafusion/core/src/datasource/listing/url.rs:
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@@ -99,10 +99,14 @@ impl ListingTableUrl {
         };
 
         let path = std::path::Path::new(prefix).canonicalize()?;
-        let url = match path.is_file() {
-            true => Url::from_file_path(path).unwrap(),
-            false => Url::from_directory_path(path).unwrap(),
-        };
+        let url = if path.is_dir() {
+            Url::from_directory_path(path)
+        } else {
+            Url::from_file_path(path)
+        }
+        .map_err(|_| DataFusionError::Internal(format!("Can not open path: 
{}", s)))?;

Review Comment:
   This is a generalization of the old checking logic. When you check with 
`is_file()`, you can not read certain file types such as FIFO files. To support 
all kinds of readable files, one typically checks with `!is_dir()`. You can get 
more context [here at this clippy 
discussion](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-clippy/issues/4503).
   
   So this change is simply applying the modification above and turning the 
boolean `match` expression to an `if` expression, which is slightly more 
idiomatic.
   
   Are you asking about `map_err` vs `unwrap`? We weren't sure if an error is 
impossible here, so we added the `map_err` just in case. I typically prefer 
doing this for the purposes of defensive programming: If what is now impossible 
becomes possible in the future because the code calling `canonicalize` changes 
for any reason, we would still be producing a sensible error instead of 
panicking. However, if you believe it reduces readability, we can go back to 
`unwrap`.



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