cloud-fan commented on code in PR #49340:
URL: https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/49340#discussion_r1903562685


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sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/Cast.scala:
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@@ -318,10 +320,9 @@ object Cast extends QueryErrorsBase {
     case _ if from == to => true
     case (NullType, _) => true
     case (_: NumericType, _: NumericType) => true
-    case (_: AtomicType, CharType(_) | VarcharType(_)) => false
-    case (_: CalendarIntervalType, CharType(_) | VarcharType(_)) => false
-    case (_: AtomicType, _: StringType) => true
-    case (_: CalendarIntervalType, _: StringType) => true
+    case (_: StringType, _: StringType) => true
+    case (_: AtomicType, s: StringType) if StringHelper.isPlainString(s) => 
true

Review Comment:
   I'm wondering if it's better and more efficient to allow casting from atomic 
type to any string type. Then we don't need two back to back casts for it.



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