[SPARK-25811] Support PyArrow's feature to raise an error for unsafe cast

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0
• Component/s: PySpark
• Assignee: L. C. Hsieh
• Reporter: L. C. Hsieh
• Created: 23/Oct/18 15:06
• Updated: 12/Dec/22 18:10
• Resolved: 22/Jan/19 06:55

Description

Since 0.11.0, PyArrow supports to raise an error for unsafe cast. We should use it to raise a proper error for pandas udf users when such cast is detected.

We can also add a config to control such behavior.

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #22807 (viirya)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #22807 (viirya)
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #22807