Clarify documentation that ScalarUDFImpl::simplity must not change the schema

datafusion/expr/src/udaf.rs

@@ -671,6 +671,13 @@ pub trait AggregateUDFImpl: Debug + DynEq + DynHash + Send + Sync {
     ///
     /// closure returns simplified [Expr] or an error.
     ///
+    /// # Notes
+    ///
+    /// The returned expression must have the same schema as the original
+    /// expression, including both the data type and nullability. For example,
+    /// if the original expression is nullable, the returned expression must
+    /// also be nullable, otherwise it may lead to schema verification errors
+    /// later in query planning.
     fn simplify(&self) -> Option<AggregateFunctionSimplification> {
         None
     }

datafusion/expr/src/udf.rs

@@ -635,6 +635,14 @@ pub trait ScalarUDFImpl: Debug + DynEq + DynHash + Send + Sync {
     /// [`ExprSimplifyResult`] indicating the result of the simplification NOTE
     /// if the function cannot be simplified, the arguments *MUST* be returned
     /// unmodified
+    ///
+    /// # Notes
+    ///
+    /// The returned expression must have the same schema as the original
+    /// expression, including both the data type and nullability. For example,
+    /// if the original expression is nullable, the returned expression must
+    /// also be nullable, otherwise it may lead to schema verification errors
+    /// later in query planning.
     fn simplify(
         &self,
         args: Vec<Expr>,

datafusion/expr/src/udwf.rs

@@ -358,6 +358,13 @@ pub trait WindowUDFImpl: Debug + DynEq + DynHash + Send + Sync {
     /// Or, a closure with two arguments:
     /// * 'window_function': [crate::expr::WindowFunction] for which simplified has been invoked
     /// * 'info': [crate::simplify::SimplifyInfo]
+    ///
+    /// # Notes
+    /// The returned expression must have the same schema as the original
+    /// expression, including both the data type and nullability. For example,
+    /// if the original expression is nullable, the returned expression must
+    /// also be nullable, otherwise it may lead to schema verification errors
+    /// later in query planning.
     fn simplify(&self) -> Option<WindowFunctionSimplification> {
         None
     }