[PIG-1621] What does EVAL keyword do?

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.7.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.0
• Release Note: EVAL is no longer reserved as a keyword.
• Assignee: Xuefu Zhang
• Reporter: Alan Gates
• Created: 17/Sep/10 17:17
• Updated: 04/Aug/11 00:34
• Resolved: 10/Mar/11 18:36

Description

EVAL is listed as a keyword in Pig Latin, in both the documentation and the QueryParser.jjt file. However, it has no productions in the grammar and no further mention in the documentation. We need to either clarify what it does, or why we are reserving it as a keyword, or remove it.

Issue Links

• depends upon: PIG-1618 Switch to new parser generator technology