[jira] [Created] (SPARK-2003) SparkContext(SparkConf) doesn't work in pyspark

[Diana Carroll (JIRA)]

Diana Carroll created SPARK-2003:
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             Summary: SparkContext(SparkConf) doesn't work in pyspark
                 Key: SPARK-2003
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-2003
             Project: Spark
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Documentation, PySpark
    Affects Versions: 1.0.0
            Reporter: Diana Carroll


Using SparkConf with SparkContext as described in the Programming Guide does 
NOT work in Python:
conf = SparkConf.setAppName("blah")
sc = SparkContext(conf)
When I tried I got 
AttributeError: 'SparkConf' object has no attribute '_get_object_id'

[This equivalent code in Scala works fine:
val conf = new SparkConf().setAppName("blah")
val sc = new SparkContext(conf)]

I think this is because there's no equivalent for the Scala constructor 
SparkContext(SparkConf).  

Workaround:
If I explicitly set the conf parameter in the python call, it does work:
sconf = SparkConf.setAppName("blah")
sc = SparkContext(conf=sconf)



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