maropu commented on a change in pull request #26477: [SPARK-29776][SQL] rpad should return NULL when padstring parameter is empty URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/26477#discussion_r361254457
########## File path: sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/stringExpressions.scala ########## @@ -1264,6 +1264,14 @@ case class StringRPad(str: Expression, len: Expression, pad: Expression = Litera this(str, len, Literal(" ")) } + override def nullable: Boolean = if (pad != null) { Review comment: Like this? ``` override def nullable: Boolean = children.exists(_.nullable) || { pad.foldable && pad.eval().asInstanceOf[UTF8String].numBytes() == 0 } ``` ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: reviews-unsubscr...@spark.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: reviews-h...@spark.apache.org