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Rong Rong commented on FLINK-5315:
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Hmm. Yes that's true we cannot have {{a.distinct}} by itself if {{a}} is column 
expression. But if {{a}} is a table, for example: {{select(*).distinct}}, then 
this is very much valid. 

Yes but I agree, the best way to express this would've been {{ 
agg.distinct('arg1[, 'arg2]...) }} regardless whether this is an expression or 
function since it is a modifier for the method. I think we can definitely do 
that for function. I am ok with the {{'col.agg.distinct}} approach actually 
despite a little confusion. what do you guys think [~fhueske][~twalthr]?

> Support distinct aggregations in table api
> ------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: FLINK-5315
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-5315
>             Project: Flink
>          Issue Type: Sub-task
>          Components: Table API & SQL
>            Reporter: Kurt Young
>            Assignee: Rong Rong
>            Priority: Major
>
> Such as 
> {code}
> t.select("count(distinct a), sum(b)")
> {code}
> or 
> {code}
> t.select('a.count.distinct), 'b.sum)
> {code}



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