Github user ueshin commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/1586#issuecomment-50854265
Hi, @javadba.
My proposal is as follows:
a) `CharLength` expression = codePoints, and use `char_length` function in
parser and `length` as synonym of `char_length` for hive compatibility
b) `OctetLength` expression = bytes to show amount of byte storage for a
string, and use `octet_length` function in parser
Standard SQL defines `char_length` and `octet_length` functions.
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