[jira] [Updated] (PIG-2687) Add relation/operator scoping to Pig

["Daniel Dai (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Daniel Dai updated PIG-2687:
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    Fix Version/s:     (was: 0.15.0)
                   0.16.0

> Add relation/operator scoping to Pig
> ------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: PIG-2687
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-2687
>             Project: Pig
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>            Reporter: Jonathan Coveney
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 0.16.0
>
>
> The idea is to add a real notion of scope that can be used to manage namespace. This would mean the addition of blocks to pig, probably with some sort of syntax like this...
> {code}
> a = load thing as (x:int, y:int);
> b = foreach a generate x, y, x*y as z;
> {
>   a = group b by z;
>   b = foreach a generate COUNT(b);
>   global b;
> }
> {code}
> which would replace the alias b with the nested b value in the scope. This could also be used in nested foreach blocks, and macros could just become blocks as well.
> I am 95% sure about how to implement this... I have a failed patch attempt, and need to study a bit more about how Pig uses its logical operators.
> Any thoughts?



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