Github user pwendell commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/895#discussion_r13530268
--- Diff: core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/util/Utils.scala ---
@@ -862,6 +862,52 @@ private[spark] object Utils extends Logging {
Source.fromBytes(buff).mkString
}
+ def offsetBytes(files: Seq[File], startIndex: Long, endIndex: Long):
String = {
--- End diff --
Couldn't you add validation of the inputs and throw an exception? The
alternative of re-cursing forever seems like the worst thing, because it will
cause the user to experience really strange behavior.
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