[SPARK-42557] Add Broadcast to functions

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.4.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.4.1
• Component/s: Connect
• Epic Link: Spark Connect Scala Client - Basic
• Assignee: Jiaan Geng
• Reporter: Herman van Hövell
• Created: 24/Feb/23 18:23
• Updated: 17/Mar/23 06:10
• Resolved: 06/Mar/23 02:11

Description

Add the broadcast function to functions.scala. Please check if we can get the same semantics as the current implementation using unresolved hints.

https://github.com/apache/spark/blame/master/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/functions.scala#L1246-L1261

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #40275 (beliefer)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #40463 (LuciferYang)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #40463 (LuciferYang)