[jira] [Resolved] (PIG-2073) update union documentation - numeric types will not be converted to chararray

["Corinne Chandel (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-2073?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Corinne Chandel resolved PIG-2073.
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      Resolution: Fixed
    Hadoop Flags: [Reviewed]

Documentation updated. 
Fix will be included in the GA patch for PIG-1772.
Thanks for review Thejas!


> update union documentation - numeric types will  not be converted to chararray
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: PIG-2073
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PIG-2073
>             Project: Pig
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: documentation
>    Affects Versions: 0.9.0
>            Reporter: Thejas M Nair
>            Assignee: Corinne Chandel
>             Fix For: 0.9.0
>
>
> As a result of changes in PIG-2071, the documentation needs to be updated -
> {noformat}
>  Union columns of compatible type will produce an "escalate" type. The priority is chararray > double > float > long > int > bytearray, tuple|bag|map > bytearray:
> {noformat}
> should be changed to remove chararray in the numeric type sequence. ie - 
> {noformat}
>  Union columns of compatible type will produce an "escalate" type. The priority is double > float > long > int > bytearray, tuple|bag|map|chararray > bytearray:
> {noformat}

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