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The list arms of scalar_to_sql only looked at the child values, so a NULL list was unparsed as an empty array (or an array of NULLs for a fixed-size list), and the struct, map and union arms rejected every value, including NULL. NULLs of these types are now caught first and unparsed as NULL, like the other typed nulls. Non-null struct, map and union literals still return the same NotImplemented error. Closes apache#26316
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Which issue does this PR close?
[]and fails on NULL struct/map literals #26316.Rationale for this change
The unparser turns a NULL list literal into
[], so the SQL it writes is a different value from the plan (a NULLFixedSizeListcame out as[NULL, NULL]). A NULL struct, map or union literal fails withNotImplemented("Unsupported scalar"), so a plan that contains one can't be unparsed at all.What changes are included in this PR?
scalar_to_sqlnow catches a NULL list, struct, map or union first and writesNULL, the same bareNULLthe other typed nulls already use. Non-null values are handled as before, so a non-null struct, map or union still returnsNotImplemented.What is the testing strategy for this PR?
Two unit tests in
unparser/expr.rs, throughexpr_to_sql(sqllogictest can't reach the unparser). One checks that a NULL of each of the eight types givesNULL, and that a list holding a NULL list gives[NULL, [1]]. The other checks that an empty list is still[]and a non-null struct still returnsNotImplemented. The first test fails on main with eight wrong results and passes with the change.cargo test -p datafusion-sqlpasses.Not covered: a union whose active value is NULL, a NULL list wrapped in a dictionary, and non-default dialects. The bare
NULLhas no type, so a target engine may infer a different one.Are there any user-facing changes?
Unparsed SQL now has
NULLwhere it used to have[], or an error. No API changes.AI assistance: Claude (via T3 Code) helped write the change and the test.