gene-db commented on code in PR #48064:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/48064#discussion_r1755285821


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common/variant/README.md:
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@@ -362,6 +362,8 @@ The Decimal type contains a scale, but no precision. The 
implied precision of a
 | 18 <= precision <= 38 | int128             |
 | > 38                  | Not supported      |
 
+The *Logical Type* column indicates logical equivalence of physically encoded 
types. For example, a user expression operating on a string value containing 
"hello" should behave the same, whether it is encoded with the short string 
optimization, or long string encoding. Similarly, user expressions operating on 
an *int8* value of 1 should behave the same as a decimal16 with scale 2 and 
unscaled value 100.

Review Comment:
   Ahhh, I see, it makes sense to me now. They are all "exact numerics", but 
depending on the actual value, it may end up in a different physical type, like 
decimal, or int.



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