Github user lincoln-lil commented on a diff in the pull request: https://github.com/apache/flink/pull/4858#discussion_r146504940 --- Diff: flink-libraries/flink-table/src/main/scala/org/apache/flink/table/plan/logical/operators.scala --- @@ -486,11 +486,6 @@ case class Join( s"Invalid join condition: $expression. At least one equi-join predicate is " + s"required.") } - if (joinType != JoinType.INNER && (nonEquiJoinPredicateFound || localPredicateFound)) { --- End diff -- Local variable `nonEquiJoinPredicateFound` and `localPredicateFound` can be removed here, and `checkIfFilterCondition` method is no longer needed
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