Github user HyukjinKwon commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/18590#discussion_r126482669
--- Diff: python/pyspark/sql/tests.py ---
@@ -1246,6 +1246,31 @@ def test_struct_type(self):
with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
not_a_field = struct1[9.9]
+ def test_parse_datatype_string(self):
+ from pyspark.sql.types import _all_atomic_types,
_parse_datatype_string
+ for k, t in _all_atomic_types.items():
+ if t != NullType:
--- End diff --
So, if I haven't missed anything, this PR drops the support the type
parsing `null`. I guess it is almost seldom that we explicitly set the type
with `null`. Also, IIRC, we will support `NullType` via `void` (SPARK-20680)
soon as a workaround.
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