Big +1 to this! I left some comments in google doc. Best, Kurt
On Wed, Mar 27, 2019 at 11:32 PM Timo Walther <twal...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > some of you might have already read FLIP-32 [1] where we've described an > approximate roadmap of how to handle the big Blink SQL contribution and > how we can make the Table & SQL API equally important to the existing > DataStream API. > > As mentioned there (Advance the API and Unblock New Features, Item 1), > the rework of the Table/SQL type system is a crucial step for unblocking > future contributions. In particular, Flink's current type system has > many shortcomings which make an integration with other systems (such as > Hive), DDL statements, and a unified API for Java/Scala difficult. We > propose a new type system that is closer to the SQL standard, integrates > better with other SQL vendors, and solves most of the type-related > issues we had in the past. > > The design document for FLIP-37 can be found here: > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a9HUb6OaBIoj9IRfbILcMFPrOL7ALeZ3rVI66dvA2_U/edit?usp=sharing > > I'm looking forward to your feedback. > > Thanks, > Timo > > [1] > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/FLIP-32%3A+Restructure+flink-table+for+future+contributions > >
