bryanck commented on code in PR #17499:
URL: https://github.com/apache/iceberg/pull/17499#discussion_r3847712920


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spark/v4.1/spark-extensions/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/analysis/ResolveViews.scala:
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@@ -111,16 +113,50 @@ case class ResolveViews(spark: SparkSession) extends 
Rule[LogicalPlan] with Look
 
     // Apply the field aliases and column comments
     // This logic differs from how Spark handles views in 
SessionCatalog.fromCatalogTable.
-    // This is more strict because it doesn't allow resolution by field name.
+    // BINDING is more strict because it doesn't allow resolution by field 
name. Every mode keeps
+    // the stored name and metadata; only the coercion differs.
+    val mode = viewSchemaMode
     val aliases = view.schema.fields.zipWithIndex.map { case (expected, pos) =>
       val attr = GetColumnByOrdinal(pos, expected.dataType)
-      Alias(UpCast(attr, expected.dataType), expected.name)(explicitMetadata =
-        Some(expected.metadata))
+      val coerced =
+        if (mode == SparkSQLProperties.VIEW_SCHEMA_MODE_COMPENSATION) {
+          Cast(attr, expected.dataType, ansiEnabled = true)

Review Comment:
   Thinking this through a little bit more, I feel we should keep 
"compensation", as it aligns with Spark 4's default behavior if I understand it 
right. And remove the "no cast" option until we have true evolution.



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