MrPowers commented on pull request #31346: URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/31346#issuecomment-768499224
Can someone help me understand why this was removed? I [added this method to spark-daria a while back](https://github.com/MrPowers/spark-daria/blob/master/src/main/scala/com/github/mrpowers/spark/daria/sql/functions.scala#L610-L619) to fill the gap for the Spark community. Think [the arguments for removing](https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/31306#pullrequestreview-576014318) were cause this method was for SQL compliance and that it's accessible via expr. I've needed this method a lot in practical projects. It's a "must have" not a nice to have for a lot of analyses. Invoking the method via `expr` isn't typically practical cause Scala API users have column objects, not strings. Can we just implement all the SQL methods in Scala and Python so we have API consistency? ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
