[SPARK-24358] createDataFrame in Python 3 should be able to infer bytes type as Binary type

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Incomplete
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Labels: Python3 bulk-closed
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Joel Croteau
• Created: 22/May/18 21:52
• Updated: 12/Dec/22 18:10
• Resolved: 08/Oct/19 05:43

Description

createDataFrame can infer Python 3's bytearray type as a Binary. Since bytes is just the immutable, hashable version of this same structure, it makes sense for the same thing to apply there.