[Spark] Remove type widening metadata #4187
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Description
Type widening records type changes applied to a table in the table schema using the following metadata:
The initial intent was to keep that metadata in schemas returned to users, e.g. via
df.schema
, as it may provide useful information.That is a bad idea though:
How was this patch tested?
Does this PR introduce any user-facing changes?
Type widening metadata that was visible in dataframe schemas isn't surfaced anymore:
df.schema
:Before:
After: