Github user mn-mikke commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/21704#discussion_r200054252
--- Diff:
sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala
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@@ -2007,7 +2007,14 @@ case class Concat(children: Seq[Expression]) extends
Expression {
}
}
- override def dataType: DataType =
children.map(_.dataType).headOption.getOrElse(StringType)
+ override def dataType: DataType = {
+ val dataTypes = children.map(_.dataType)
+ dataTypes.headOption.map {
+ case ArrayType(et, _) =>
+ ArrayType(et,
dataTypes.exists(_.asInstanceOf[ArrayType].containsNull))
+ case dt => dt
+ }.getOrElse(StringType)
+ }
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So far, we've identified also ```CaseWhen``` and ```If``` discussed
[here](https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/21687). I've just noticed that
```Coalesce``` looks also suspicious.
What is the key purpose of ```SimplifyCasts```? to remove an extra
expression node or avoid casts from between to indentical types? If the second
option is the purpose, what about changing ```SimplifyCasts``` rule to start
replacing ```Cast``` with a new dummy cast expression that will hold only a
target data type and won't perform any casting?
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