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Shivaram Venkataraman commented on SPARK-17774: ----------------------------------------------- Could you explain why `head` is different from collect ? i.e. it seems like the technical issues discussed in https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/11336 where a column doesn't belong to one (or any) DataFrame still applies ? > Add support for head on DataFrame Column > ---------------------------------------- > > Key: SPARK-17774 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-17774 > Project: Spark > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: SparkR > Affects Versions: 2.0.0 > Reporter: Hossein Falaki > > There was a lot of discussion on SPARK-9325. To summarize the conversation on > that ticket regardign {{collect}} > * Pro: Ease of use and maximum compatibility with existing R API > * Con: We do not want to increase maintenance cost by opening arbitrary API. > With Spark's DataFrame API {{collect}} does not work on {{Column}} and there > is no need for it to work in R. > This ticket is strictly about {{head}}. I propose supporting {{head}} on > {{Column}} because: > 1. R users are already used to calling {{head(iris$Sepal.Length)}}. When they > do that on SparkDataFrame they get an error. Not a good experience > 2. Adding support for it does not require any change to the backend. It can > be trivially done in R code. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@spark.apache.org