diff --git a/src/expr/src/expr/expr_literal.rs b/src/expr/src/expr/expr_literal.rs
index 7235c477d5f8e..ae0e73b1169e7 100644
--- a/src/expr/src/expr/expr_literal.rs
+++ b/src/expr/src/expr/expr_literal.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl Expression for LiteralExpression {
         self.return_type.clone()
     }
 
-    async fn eval_new(&self, input: &DataChunk) -> Result<ValueImpl> {
+    async fn eval_v2(&self, input: &DataChunk) -> Result<ValueImpl> {
         Ok(ValueImpl::Scalar {
             value: self.literal.clone(),
             capacity: input.capacity(),
diff --git a/src/expr/src/expr/mod.rs b/src/expr/src/expr/mod.rs
index 7a1c015643f39..5aac6f0a0c3b2 100644
--- a/src/expr/src/expr/mod.rs
+++ b/src/expr/src/expr/mod.rs
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ use super::{ExprError, Result};
 
 /// Interface of an expression.
 ///
-/// There're two functions to evaluate an expression: `eval` and `eval_new`, exactly one of them
-/// should be implemented. Prefer calling and implementing `eval_new` instead of `eval` if possible,
+/// There're two functions to evaluate an expression: `eval` and `eval_v2`, exactly one of them
+/// should be implemented. Prefer calling and implementing `eval_v2` instead of `eval` if possible,
 /// to gain the performance benefit of scalar expression.
 #[async_trait::async_trait]
 pub trait Expression: std::fmt::Debug + Sync + Send {
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ pub trait Expression: std::fmt::Debug + Sync + Send {
 
     /// Evaluate the expression in vectorized execution. Returns an array.
     ///
-    /// The default implementation calls `eval_new` and always converts the result to an array.
+    /// The default implementation calls `eval_v2` and always converts the result to an array.
     async fn eval(&self, input: &DataChunk) -> Result<ArrayRef> {
-        let value = self.eval_new(input).await?;
+        let value = self.eval_v2(input).await?;
         Ok(match value {
             ValueImpl::Array(array) => array,
             ValueImpl::Scalar { value, capacity } => {
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ pub trait Expression: std::fmt::Debug + Sync + Send {
     /// array, or a scalar if all values in the array are the same.
     ///
     /// The default implementation calls `eval` and puts the result into the `Array` variant.
-    async fn eval_new(&self, input: &DataChunk) -> Result<ValueImpl> {
+    async fn eval_v2(&self, input: &DataChunk) -> Result<ValueImpl> {
         self.eval(input).map_ok(ValueImpl::Array).await
     }
 
diff --git a/src/expr/src/expr/template.rs b/src/expr/src/expr/template.rs
index cbf9a4ff008a9..3f6e94484d6c2 100644
--- a/src/expr/src/expr/template.rs
+++ b/src/expr/src/expr/template.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use itertools::{multizip, Itertools};
 use paste::paste;
-use risingwave_common::array::{Array, ArrayBuilder, ArrayImpl, DataChunk, Utf8Array};
+use risingwave_common::array::{Array, ArrayBuilder, DataChunk, Utf8Array};
 use risingwave_common::row::OwnedRow;
 use risingwave_common::types::{option_as_scalar_ref, DataType, Datum, Scalar};
 use risingwave_common::util::iter_util::ZipEqDebug;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use crate::expr::{BoxedExpression, Expression, ValueImpl, ValueRef};
 
 macro_rules! gen_eval {
     { ($macro:ident, $macro_row:ident), $ty_name:ident, $OA:ty, $($arg:ident,)* } => {
-        fn eval_new<'a, 'b, 'async_trait>(&'a self, data_chunk: &'b DataChunk)
+        fn eval_v2<'a, 'b, 'async_trait>(&'a self, data_chunk: &'b DataChunk)
             -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = $crate::Result<ValueImpl>> + Send + 'async_trait>>
         where
             'a: 'async_trait,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ macro_rules! gen_eval {
         {
             Box::pin(async move { paste! {
                 $(
-                    let [<ret_ $arg:lower>] = self.[<expr_ $arg:lower>].eval_new(data_chunk).await?;
+                    let [<ret_ $arg:lower>] = self.[<expr_ $arg:lower>].eval_v2(data_chunk).await?;
                     let [<val_ $arg:lower>]: ValueRef<'_, $arg> = (&[<ret_ $arg:lower>]).into();
                 )*
 
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ macro_rules! gen_eval {
                     }
 
                     // Otherwise, fallback to array computation.
-                    // TODO: match all possible combinations to further get rid of the overhead of `Either` iterators.
                     ($([<val_ $arg:lower>], )*) => {
                         let bitmap = data_chunk.visibility();
                         let mut output_array = <$OA as Array>::Builder::with_meta(data_chunk.capacity(), (&self.return_type).into());