[SPARK-35706] Consider making the ':' in STRUCT data type definition optional

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.1.2
• Fix Version/s: 3.2.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Assignee: He Qi
• Reporter: He Qi
• Created: 10/Jun/21 05:27
• Updated: 11/Jun/21 12:58
• Resolved: 11/Jun/21 12:58

Description

The STRUCT type syntax is defined like this:

STRUCT(fieldNmae: fileType [NOT NULL][COMMENT stringLiteral][,.....])

So the field list is NEARLY the same as a column list

if we could make ':' optional it would be so much cleaner an less proprietary

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #32856 (jerqi)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #32856 (jerqi)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #32858 (jerqi)