Github user ueshin commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/18926#discussion_r133121408
--- Diff: python/pyspark/sql/column.py ---
@@ -406,7 +406,13 @@ def substr(self, startPos, length):
[Row(col=u'Ali'), Row(col=u'Bob')]
"""
if type(startPos) != type(length):
- raise TypeError("Can not mix the type")
+ raise TypeError(
+ "startPos and length must be the same type. "
+ "Got {startPos_t} and {length_t}, respectively."
--- End diff --
I'm sorry for the delay.
I guess we can support `long` by casting to `int` and also the "mixed"
cases @gatorsmile metioned.
What do you think @HyukjinKwon ?
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