findepi commented on code in PR #14440:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/14440#discussion_r1961624797


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datafusion/expr-common/src/signature.rs:
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@@ -466,6 +551,186 @@ fn get_data_types(native_type: &NativeType) -> 
Vec<DataType> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Represents type coercion rules for function arguments, specifying both the 
desired type
+/// and optional implicit coercion rules for source types.
+///
+/// # Examples
+///
+/// ```
+/// use datafusion_expr_common::signature::{Coercion, TypeSignatureClass};
+/// use datafusion_common::types::{NativeType, logical_binary, logical_string};
+///
+/// // Exact coercion that only accepts timestamp types
+/// let exact = Coercion::new_exact(TypeSignatureClass::Timestamp);
+///
+/// // Implicit coercion that accepts string types but can coerce from binary 
types
+/// let implicit = Coercion::new_implicit(
+///     TypeSignatureClass::Native(logical_string()),
+///     vec![TypeSignatureClass::Native(logical_binary())],
+///     NativeType::String
+/// );
+/// ```
+///
+/// There are two variants:
+///
+/// * `Exact` - Only accepts arguments that exactly match the desired type
+/// * `Implicit` - Accepts the desired type and can coerce from specified 
source types
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialOrd)]
+pub enum Coercion {
+    /// Coercion that only accepts arguments exactly matching the desired type.
+    Exact {
+        /// The required type for the argument
+        desired_type: TypeSignatureClass,
+    },
+
+    /// Coercion that accepts the desired type and can implicitly coerce from 
other types.
+    Implicit {
+        /// The primary desired type for the argument
+        desired_type: TypeSignatureClass,
+        /// Rules for implicit coercion from other types
+        implicit_coercion: ImplicitCoercion,
+    },

Review Comment:
   It is not a step forward. We removed ability for a function f(s) to express 
the most basic need:
   "f takes s being a type X, so the call succeeds for any type X' coercible to 
X"
   
   This is, i believe, what the `TypeSignature::Coercible(logical type)` was 
doing. 
   (At least this is what it should be doing by the name of it.)



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