itsjunetime commented on code in PR #11994:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/11994#discussion_r1718844856


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datafusion/core/src/datasource/physical_plan/parquet/row_filter.rs:
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@@ -243,13 +295,17 @@ impl<'a> TreeNodeRewriter for FilterCandidateBuilder<'a> {
         Ok(Transformed::no(node))
     }
 
+    /// After visiting all children, rewrite column references to nulls if
+    /// they are not in the file schema
     fn f_up(
         &mut self,
         expr: Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr>,
     ) -> Result<Transformed<Arc<dyn PhysicalExpr>>> {
+        // if the expression is a column, is it in the file schema?
         if let Some(column) = expr.as_any().downcast_ref::<Column>() {
             if self.file_schema.field_with_name(column.name()).is_err() {
-                // the column expr must be in the table schema
+                // Replace the column reference with a NULL (using the type 
from the table schema)
+                // e.g. `column = 'foo'` is rewritten be transformed to `NULL 
= 'foo'`

Review Comment:
   This is obviously a much better comment than before, but I think it could be 
further improved with an explanation stating why we do this column rewriting, 
or what purpose it serves.



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