aihuaxu commented on code in PR #10831:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/10831#discussion_r1829687763


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format/spec.md:
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@@ -1287,6 +1307,7 @@ Types are serialized according to this table:
 |**`struct`**|`JSON object: {`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"type": "struct",`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;`"fields": [ {`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"id": <field id 
int>,`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"name": <name string>,`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"required": <boolean>,`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"type": <type JSON>,`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"doc": <comment string>,`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"initial-default": <JSON encoding of default 
value>,`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"write-default": <JSON encoding of 
default value>`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`}, ...`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`] 
}`|`{`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"type": "struct",`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"fields": [ {`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"id": 1,`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"name": 
"id",`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"required": true,`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"type": "uuid",`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"initial-default": 
"0db3e2a8-9d1d-42b9-aa7b-74ebe558dceb",`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"write-default": "ec5911be
 -b0a7-458c-8438-c9a3e53cffae"`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`}, {`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"id": 2,`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"name": 
"data",`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"required": false,`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"type": {`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`"type": "list",`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`...`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;`}`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;`} ]`<br />`}`|
 |**`list`**|`JSON object: {`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"type": "list",`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;`"element-id": <id int>,`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"element-required": 
<bool>`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"element": <type JSON>`<br />`}`|`{`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;`"type": "list",`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"element-id": 3,`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;`"element-required": true,`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"element": 
"string"`<br />`}`|
 |**`map`**|`JSON object: {`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"type": "map",`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;`"key-id": <key id int>,`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"key": <type 
JSON>,`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"value-id": <val id int>,`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;`"value-required": <bool>`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"value": <type 
JSON>`<br />`}`|`{`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"type": "map",`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;`"key-id": 4,`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"key": "string",`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;`"value-id": 5,`<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;`"value-required": false,`<br 
/>&nbsp;&nbsp;`"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. 



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