[SPARK-19429] Column.__getitem__ should support slice arguments

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.3, 2.1.0, 2.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.2.0
• Component/s: PySpark, SQL
• Assignee: Maciej Szymkiewicz
• Reporter: Maciej Szymkiewicz
• Created: 01/Feb/17 19:54
• Updated: 13/Feb/17 23:24
• Resolved: 13/Feb/17 23:24

Description

PySpark Column uses __getslice__ as a synonym for substr. __getslice__ is deprecated in Python 2.0 (since 2.0) and has been removed in Python 3.

If we want to support slicing notation it should be handled by __getitem__.

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #16771 (zero323)