viirya commented on a change in pull request #25827: [SPARK-29128][SQL] Split 
predicate code in OR expressions
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/25827#discussion_r325486404
 
 

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 File path: 
sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Expression.scala
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 @@ -156,6 +156,12 @@ abstract class Expression extends TreeNode[Expression] {
 
   private def reduceCodeSize(ctx: CodegenContext, eval: ExprCode): Unit = {
     // TODO: support whole stage codegen too
+    //
+    // NOTE: We could use `CodeGenerator.defineIndependentFunction` here for 
the code path
+    // of the whole stage codegen. But, we don't do so now because the 
performance changes that
+    // we don't expect might occur in many queries. Therefore, we currently 
apply
+    // this split function to specific performance-sensitive places only,
+    // e.g., common subexpression elimination for the whole stage codegen and 
OR expressions.
 
 Review comment:
   I recall that is because string-based manipulation was thought too buggy? I 
didn't remember it is because of performance issue.

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