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Peter Vary commented on HIVE-22570: ----------------------------------- Hi David, I am concerned about this kind of changes: {code} public List<String> getCols() { return Collections.emptyList(); } {code} Changing the return value from {{null}} to empty list in a public method can cause different behavior when used... > Review of ExprNodeDesc.java > --------------------------- > > Key: HIVE-22570 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HIVE-22570 > Project: Hive > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: David Mollitor > Assignee: David Mollitor > Priority: Minor > Attachments: HIVE-22570.1.patch > > -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)