Github user StephanEwen commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/1214#discussion_r41248646
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@@ -440,6 +440,46 @@ The `execute()` method is returning the
`JobExecutionResult`, including executio
accumulator results. `print()` and `collect()` are not returning the
result, but it can be
accessed from the `getLastJobExecutionResult()` method.
+Further, `collect`, `print`, `printToErr` and `count` methods are *eager
execution* methods. This
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I think parenthesis make these easier to recognize as methods when skimming
over text.
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