lostluck commented on code in PR #29900:
URL: https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/29900#discussion_r1446720005


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sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/prism/internal/engine/timers.go:
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+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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+
+package engine
+
+import (
+       "bytes"
+       "encoding/binary"
+       "fmt"
+       "io"
+       "math"
+
+       "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/coder"
+       "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/mtime"
+       "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam/core/graph/window"
+       "github.com/apache/beam/sdks/v2/go/pkg/beam/core/typex"
+       "google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protowire"
+)
+
+// DecodeTimer extracts timers to elements for insertion into their keyed 
queues.
+// Returns the key bytes, tag, window exploded elements, and the hold 
timestamp.
+// If the timer has been cleared, no elements will be returned. Any existing 
timers
+// for the tag *must* be cleared from the pending queue.
+func decodeTimer(keyDec func(io.Reader) []byte, globalWindow bool, raw []byte) 
([]byte, string, []element) {

Review Comment:
   1. We do. It's tested as part of the pipelines that execute. I refer you to 
the test coverage. 
https://app.codecov.io/gh/apache/beam/pull/29900/blob/sdks/go/pkg/beam/runners/prism/internal/engine/timers.go#L36
   This decoder/encoder approach also avoids unnecessary layers of error 
handling vs what was designed in the Go SDK. Further, believe me. If the 
decoder function didn't work, the pipelines won't execute successfully. How I 
know that is left as an exercise.
   2. This is too big a question for this comment. The short answer is:, we 
didn't need anything more than a func,  the language has first class functions, 
and there was no need to hide that it's a function. Interfaces add additional 
indirection (and yes, possibly documentation), but also require additional 
implementation indirection. If we did interfaces, we end up with code like the 
following to wrap everything: 
https://github.com/apache/beam/blob/master/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/runtime/exec/coder.go#L40
  This has less value than you would think.
   3. Yes we can.
   4. In the function `decodeTimer` we need the `raw []byte` of the timer we 
are decoding. Within the function `decodeTimer` it's wasteful to repeat `timer` 
everywhere. We're already within a `timer` specific context. So what would one 
gain for the only input parameter where bytes would come in to be decoded, to 
call it `rawTimer`?



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