rdblue commented on a change in pull request #2841:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/2841#discussion_r735975577



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File path: 
api/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/actions/ConvertEqualityDeleteFiles.java
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+
+package org.apache.iceberg.actions;
+
+import org.apache.iceberg.expressions.Expression;
+
+/**
+ * An action for converting the equality delete files to position delete files.
+ */
+public interface ConvertEqualityDeleteFiles
+    extends SnapshotUpdate<ConvertEqualityDeleteFiles, 
ConvertEqualityDeleteFiles.Result> {
+
+  /**
+   * A row filter for finding the equality deletes to convert.
+   * <p>
+   * The row filter will be converted to a partition filter with an inclusive 
projection, so that candidate deletes are
+   * selected if any row match the expression. The matching delete files will 
be converted to position delete files.

Review comment:
       This isn't quite correct. An inclusive projection matches if a file 
_can_ contain rows that match. But it doesn't necessarily. I would change this 
to "Any file that may contain rows matching this filter will be used by the 
action."




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