liferoad commented on code in PR #35672:
URL: https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/35672#discussion_r2233122855


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sdks/python/apache_beam/yaml/yaml_provider.py:
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@@ -932,6 +932,129 @@ def __init__(self):
       # pylint: disable=useless-parent-delegation
       super().__init__()
 
+    def _unify_field_types(self, existing_type, field_type):
+      """Unify two field types, handling Optional and List types."""
+      # Extract inner types from Optional if needed
+      existing_inner = (
+          existing_type.__args__[0] if hasattr(existing_type, '__args__') and
+          len(existing_type.__args__) == 1 else existing_type)
+      field_inner = (
+          field_type.__args__[0] if hasattr(field_type, '__args__') and
+          len(field_type.__args__) == 1 else field_type)
+
+      # Handle type unification more carefully
+      if existing_inner == Any or field_inner == Any:
+        return Optional[Any]
+      elif existing_inner == field_inner:
+        return Optional[existing_inner]

Review Comment:
   The current way is to prioritize List, so it should be  
Optional[Iterable[str]]. `_unify_element_with_schema` does this conversion.



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