aihuaxu commented on code in PR #10831: URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/10831#discussion_r1829687763
########## format/spec.md: ########## @@ -1287,6 +1307,7 @@ Types are serialized according to this table: |**`struct`**|`JSON object: {`<br /> `"type": "struct",`<br /> `"fields": [ {`<br /> `"id": <field id int>,`<br /> `"name": <name string>,`<br /> `"required": <boolean>,`<br /> `"type": <type JSON>,`<br /> `"doc": <comment string>,`<br /> `"initial-default": <JSON encoding of default value>,`<br /> `"write-default": <JSON encoding of default value>`<br /> `}, ...`<br /> `] }`|`{`<br /> `"type": "struct",`<br /> `"fields": [ {`<br /> `"id": 1,`<br /> `"name": "id",`<br /> `"required": true,`<br /> `"type": "uuid",`<br /> `"initial-default": "0db3e2a8-9d1d-42b9-aa7b-74ebe558dceb",`<br /> `"write-default": "ec5911be -b0a7-458c-8438-c9a3e53cffae"`<br /> `}, {`<br /> `"id": 2,`<br /> `"name": "data",`<br /> `"required": false,`<br /> `"type": {`<br /> `"type": "list",`<br /> `...`<br /> `}`<br /> `} ]`<br />`}`| |**`list`**|`JSON object: {`<br /> `"type": "list",`<br /> `"element-id": <id int>,`<br /> `"element-required": <bool>`<br /> `"element": <type JSON>`<br />`}`|`{`<br /> `"type": "list",`<br /> `"element-id": 3,`<br /> `"element-required": true,`<br /> `"element": "string"`<br />`}`| |**`map`**|`JSON object: {`<br /> `"type": "map",`<br /> `"key-id": <key id int>,`<br /> `"key": <type JSON>,`<br /> `"value-id": <val id int>,`<br /> `"value-required": <bool>`<br /> `"value": <type JSON>`<br />`}`|`{`<br /> `"type": "map",`<br /> `"key-id": 4,`<br /> `"key": "string",`<br /> `"value-id": 5,`<br /> `"value-required": false,`<br /> `"value": "double"`<br />`}`| +| **`variant`**| `JSON string: "variant"`|`"variant"`| Review Comment: As I understand here, this is to provide the json string of the Iceberg type. It should be just showing "variant" for variant type, similar to primitive types? Let me know if I misunderstand how this part is getting used. -- 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. To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@iceberg.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@iceberg.apache.org