SNOW-2312082 - Snowpark snow should show

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     - `encryption`
 - Added support for `Session.directory` and `Session.read.directory` to retrieve the list of all files on a stage with metadata.
 - Added support for `DataFrameReader.jdbc`(PrPr) that allows ingesting external data source with jdbc driver.
+- Added support for `DataFrame.snow` which will `DataFrame.show`
 - Added support for `FileOperation.copy_files` to copy files from a source location to an output stage.
 
 - Added support for the following scalar functions in `functions.py`:

src/snowflake/snowpark/dataframe.py

@@ -4785,6 +4785,9 @@ def show(
                 )
             )
 
+    # Alias "snow" to "show" so snowpark users can let it snow.
+    snow = show
+
     @deprecated(
         version="0.7.0",
         extra_warning_text="Use `DataFrame.join_table_function()` instead.",

tests/integ/test_dataframe.py

@@ -4932,6 +4932,17 @@ def test_dataframe_result_cache_changing_schema(session):
     old_cached_df.show()
 
 
+def test_let_it_snow(session, capfd):
+    df = session.create_dataframe([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6], [7, 8], [9, 10]]).to_df(
+        ["a", "b"]
+    )
+    df.snow(n=3)
+    result_out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    df.show(n=3)
+    expected_out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    assert result_out == expected_out
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     "config.getoption('local_testing_mode', default=False)",
     reason="functions.seq2 is not supported in Local Testing",