rdblue commented on code in PR #16025:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/16025#discussion_r3938296100


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format/spec.md:
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@@ -546,7 +551,7 @@ Note that:
 
 ### Partitioning
 
-Data files are stored in manifests with a tuple of partition values that are 
used in scans to filter out files that cannot contain records that match the 
scan’s filter predicate. Partition values for a data file must be the same for 
all records stored in the data file. (Manifests store data files from any 
partition, as long as the partition spec is the same for the data files.)
+Data files are stored in manifests with partition values that are used in 
scans to filter out files that cannot contain records that match the scan’s 
filter predicate. Partition values for a data file must be the same for all 
records stored in the data file. In v1-v3, manifests store data files from any 
partition, as long as the partition spec is the same for the data files. In v4, 
manifests can store data files from different partition specs.

Review Comment:
   "Manifests store data files from any partition" is true, so I'd like to keep 
the invariant.
   
   > Manifests store data files from any partition. v4 manifests may store 
partitions from any spec, but manifests in v3 and earlier store files for a 
single spec.
   
   Also, why remove "a tuple of"? That is specifying that there are multiple 
values, not a single value. This is distinguishing Iceberg from Hive, where a 
"partition" was a string: `"category=explosives/dt=2021-03-09"`.



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