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Reynold Xin commented on SPARK-2911: ------------------------------------ Would you like to change the usage of dependencies(j).rdd.asInstanceOf[..] to use this new method? > provide rdd.parent[T](j) to obtain jth parent of rdd > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Key: SPARK-2911 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-2911 > Project: Spark > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Spark Core > Reporter: Erik Erlandson > Priority: Minor > Labels: easyfix, easytest > > For writing RDD subclasses that involve more than a single parent dependency, > it would be convenient (and more readable) to say: > rdd.parent[T](j) > instead of: > rdd.dependencies(j).rdd.asInstanceOf[RDD[T]] -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@spark.apache.org