jonathanc-n commented on code in PR #17351:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/17351#discussion_r2317357983


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datafusion/physical-expr-common/src/physical_expr.rs:
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@@ -377,6 +377,19 @@ pub trait PhysicalExpr: Any + Send + Sync + Display + 
Debug + DynEq + DynHash {
         // static expressions will always return 0.
         0
     }
+
+    /// Returns true if the expression node is volatile, i.e. whether it can 
return
+    /// different results when evaluated multiple times with the same input.
+    ///
+    /// Note: unlike [`is_volatile`], this function does not consider inputs:
+    /// - `random()` returns `true`,
+    /// - `a + random()` returns `false`
+    ///
+    /// By default, expressions are not volatile to avoid imposing API churn 
on implementers.
+    /// It is highly recommended that volatile expressions implement this 
method and return `true`.
+    fn is_volatile_node(&self) -> bool {

Review Comment:
   Should we not give a default and have every expression implement this. I 
could see this being missed + difficult for reviewers to look at for this when 
new physical expressions are added. Could do as follow up.



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