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Hyukjin Kwon commented on SPARK-25976:
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BTW, {{isEmpty}} is arguably cheap:
{code}
partitions.length == 0 || take(1).length == 0
{code}
> Allow rdd.reduce on empty rdd by returning an Option[T]
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> Key: SPARK-25976
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-25976
> Project: Spark
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Spark Core
> Affects Versions: 2.3.2
> Reporter: Yuval Yaari
> Priority: Minor
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> it is sometimes useful to let the user decide what value to return when
> reducing on an empty rdd.
> currently, if there is no data to reduce an UnsupportedOperationException is
> thrown.
> although user can catch that exception, it seems like a "shaky" solution as
> UnsupportedOperationException might be thrown from a different location.
> Instead, we can overload the reduce method by adding add a new method:
> reduce(f: (T, T) => T, defaultIfEmpty: () => T): T
> the reduce API will not be effected as it will simply call the second reduce
> method throwing an UnsupportedException as the default value
>
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