Order by only allows ordering on columns, not expressions
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                 Key: PIG-1663
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-1663
             Project: Pig
          Issue Type: Bug
    Affects Versions: 0.7.0
            Reporter: Alan Gates
            Assignee: Xuefu Zhang
            Priority: Minor
             Fix For: 0.9.0


Currently the following Pig Latin will fail:

{code}
A = LOAD '/Users/gates/test/data/studenttab10' as (name, age, gpa);
B = order A by (int)age;
dump B;
{code}

with an error message
{code}
ERROR 1000: Error during parsing. Encountered " "int" "int "" at line 2, column 
17.
Was expecting one of:
    <IDENTIFIER> ...
    <DOLLARVAR> ...
{code}

The issue is because Pig expects a column not an expression for Order By.  If 
the cast is removed, the script passes.  Order by should take an expression for 
its key, just as group, join, etc. do.

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