Abhishek Chennaka has posted comments on this change. ( 
http://gerrit.cloudera.org:8080/24097 )

Change subject: IMPALA-14832: Make auto-incrementing Kudu columns hidden and 
simplify code
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Patch Set 4:

> auto-incrementing columns in kudu tables are half-hidden. They are not shown 
> in 'select *',  but could be explicitly selected as auto_incrementing_id. 
> Agree to show the column in DESCRIBE EXTENDED output.

+1
The reason for this behavior is to allow users to access this column data, if 
needed. (for example when trying to identify a row which can only be done by 
the entire primary key column set). Exposing it in DESCRIBE/DESCRIBE EXTENDED 
output is to allow the end user to confirm the column exists.

> omitting it during CREATE TABLE LIKE

This could mean the new table would have unique key columns then? AFAIK Impala 
doesn't create the auto_incrementing_id column explicitly during CREATE TABLE 
LIKE (as Kudu blocks it). It only declares the primary key columns are 
non-unique and Kudu will create this column internally.


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