asmello edited a comment on issue #23879: [SPARK-26979][SQL] Add missing column name support for SQL functions URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/23879#issuecomment-466724106 > It can be easily worked around Forgive me, but that doesn't seem like a reason not to add it at all. It's like saying "don't invent a cart, we've always carried the bags on our backs". As I've mentioned in the JIRA ticket, this does cause some attrition for new learners and breaks consistency, which I do think is good enough reason to include the change. Is there a reason not to, other than your opinion that we "don't need it"? Also, I will stress that almost all SQL functions already work like this, so clearly someone thought this was a good idea and no one disagreed. I really don't see why these functions should be exceptions.
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