Github user javadba commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/1586#issuecomment-50856746
@ueshin I mostly agree except:
let us keep the "length" which can be used for non-strings e.g.
length(12345678) = 8
Then since length does handle strings as well by using codePoints as you
suggest: then CharLength is synonym for Length (not the other way around)
AFA OctetLength: I am quite fine with that and will implement it according
to your suggestion.
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