[SPARK-7394] Add Pandas style cast (astype)

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0
• Component/s: SQL
• Labels: starter
• Target Version/s: 1.5.0
• Assignee: Chen Song
• Reporter: Reynold Xin
• Created: 06/May/15 07:07
• Updated: 21/May/15 18:53
• Resolved: 21/May/15 18:53

Description

Basically alias astype == cast in Column for Python (and Python only).

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #6313 (kaka1992)