rangadi commented on code in PR #40686:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/40686#discussion_r1181248194


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connector/protobuf/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/protobuf/utils/ProtobufOptions.scala:
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@@ -46,6 +46,41 @@ private[sql] class ProtobufOptions(
   // record has more depth than the allowed value for recursive fields, it 
will be truncated
   // and corresponding fields are ignored (dropped).
   val recursiveFieldMaxDepth: Int = 
parameters.getOrElse("recursive.fields.max.depth", "-1").toInt
+
+  // Whether to deserialize empty proto3 scalar fields as their default values.
+  // When a proto3 scalar field is empty, there is ambiguity as to whether the 
field
+  // was never set or if the field was explicitly set to zero. By default, the 
library

Review Comment:
   > unset field set as 0/default value in this struct
   
   That is true for fields declared optional too, but we are setting those to 
null here. This is the confusion I have. 
   



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