chenhao-db commented on code in PR #45989: URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/45989#discussion_r1565141590
########## sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/variant/VariantExpressionEvalUtils.scala: ########## @@ -41,4 +43,69 @@ object VariantExpressionEvalUtils { input.toString, BadRecordException(() => input, cause = e)) } } + + /** Cast a Spark value from `dataType` into the variant type. */ + def castToVariant(input: Any, dataType: DataType): VariantVal = { Review Comment: I think it is doable but involves quite a lot of boilerplate code. I would prefer to have the optimization in a separate follow-up PR. -- 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. To unsubscribe, e-mail: reviews-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: reviews-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: reviews-h...@spark.apache.org