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Aljoscha Krettek updated FLINK-17074:
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    Fix Version/s: 1.11.0

> Deprecate DataStream.keyBy() that use tuple/expression keys
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>                 Key: FLINK-17074
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-17074
>             Project: Flink
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: API / DataStream
>         Environment: Currently you can either specify a {{KeySelector}}, 
> tuple positions, and expression keys? I think {{KeySelectors}} are strictly 
> superior and with lambdas (or function references) quite easy to use.  
> Tuple/expression keys use reflection underneath to do the field accesses, so 
> performance is strictly worse. Also, when using a {{KeySelector}} you will 
> have a meaningful key type {{KEY}} in your operations while for 
> tuple/expression keys the key type is simply {{Tuple}}.
> Tuple/expression keys were introduced before Java got support for lambdas in 
> Java 8 and before we added the Table API. Nowadays, using a lambda is little 
> more typing than using an expression key but is (possibly) faster and more 
> type safe. The Table API should be used for these more 
> expression-based/relational use cases.
>            Reporter: Aljoscha Krettek
>            Priority: Major
>              Labels: starter
>             Fix For: 1.11.0
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