Github user dorx commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/1581#issuecomment-50092950
@mengxr Given the current list of supported types, no, but if someone down
the road adds Long or arrays of chars/shorts, etc, which isn't far-fetched,
then it becomes necessary for safety.
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