Github user pwendell commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/149#discussion_r10635398 --- Diff: core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/Dependency.scala --- @@ -43,12 +44,13 @@ abstract class NarrowDependency[T](rdd: RDD[T]) extends Dependency(rdd) { * Represents a dependency on the output of a shuffle stage. * @param rdd the parent RDD * @param partitioner partitioner used to partition the shuffle output - * @param serializerClass class name of the serializer to use + * @param serializer [[Serializer]] to use. If set to null, the default serializer, as specified + * by `spark.serializer` config option, will be used. */ class ShuffleDependency[K, V]( @transient rdd: RDD[_ <: Product2[K, V]], val partitioner: Partitioner, - val serializerClass: String = null) + val serializer: Serializer = null) --- End diff -- do you know roughly how large the serialized serializer ends up being?
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