Github user liancheng commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/12222#discussion_r60923441
--- Diff:
sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/catalog/InMemoryCatalog.scala
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@@ -277,9 +277,18 @@ class InMemoryCatalog extends ExternalCatalog {
catalog(db).tables(table).partitions(spec)
}
+ /**
+ * List the metadata of all partitions that belong to the specified
table, assuming it exists.
+ *
+ * A partial partition spec may optionally be provided to filter the
partitions returned.
+ * For instance, if there exist partitions (a='1', b='2'), (a='1',
b='3') and (a='2', b='4'),
+ * then a partial spec of (a='1') will return the first two only.
+ * TODO: Currently partialSpec is not used for memory catalog and it
returns all the partitions.
--- End diff --
Can we throw exception instead of returning all the partitions if a
partition spec is given to an in-memory catalog? Silently returning wrong
answer can be dangerous.
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