[FLINK-3063] [py] Remove combiner

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.10.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.0
• Component/s: API / Python
• Assignee: Chesnay Schepler
• Reporter: Chesnay Schepler
• Created: 23/Nov/15 17:50
• Updated: 20/Jan/16 09:21
• Resolved: 20/Jan/16 09:21

Description

The current combiner implementation in the PythonAPI is quite a mess. It adds a lot of unreadable clutter, is inefficient at times, and can straight up break in some edge cases.

I will revisit this feature after FLINK-2501 is resolved. Several changes for that issue will make the reimplementation easier.