[SPARK-5722][SQL] fix for infer long type in python similar to Java long (branch-1.3)

[dondrake]

This is the same fix applied on branch-1.2 now applied on branch-1.3.

[AmplabJenkins]

Can one of the admins verify this patch?

[srowen]

ok to test

[rxin]

Is this PR needed? https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/4521/files

We can just merge #4521 into branch-1.3.

[SparkQA]

Test build #27302 has started for PR 4538 at commit 6bbd769.

• This patch merges cleanly.

[dondrake]

It wasn't entirely clear to me if #4521 contained commits for both branches. If it does, then this is not needed.

[rxin]

Yea don't worry about this PR. Our merge script can just merge it into both master and branch-1.3. You can close this one now. Thanks!

[dondrake]

Closing per @rxin suggestion.

[SparkQA]

Test build #27302 has finished for PR 4538 at commit 6bbd769.

• This patch fails PySpark unit tests.
• This patch merges cleanly.
• This patch adds no public classes.

[AmplabJenkins]

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