Github user ebuildy commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/19792#discussion_r152397263
--- Diff: python/pyspark/sql/types.py ---
@@ -1108,19 +1109,22 @@ def _has_nulltype(dt):
return isinstance(dt, NullType)
-def _merge_type(a, b):
+def _merge_type(a, b, name=None):
if isinstance(a, NullType):
return b
elif isinstance(b, NullType):
return a
elif type(a) is not type(b):
# TODO: type cast (such as int -> long)
- raise TypeError("Can not merge type %s and %s" % (type(a),
type(b)))
+ if name is not None:
--- End diff --
Easier to read as:
```
if name is None:
raise TypeError("Can not merge type %s and %s" % (type(a), type(b)))
else:
raise TypeError("Can not merge type %s and %s in column %s" % (type(a),
type(b), name))
```
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