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commit 2e202fd6fe0da66d5b08dab1bfece4301b16d83f
Author: Divyansh Pratap Singh <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Feb 13 06:21:55 2026 +0530
docs: fix typos and improve wording in README (#20301)
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---
README.md | 16 ++++++++--------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 880adfb3ac..630d4295bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ DataFusion is an extensible query engine written in [Rust]
that
uses [Apache Arrow] as its in-memory format.
This crate provides libraries and binaries for developers building fast and
-feature rich database and analytic systems, customized to particular workloads.
+feature-rich database and analytic systems, customized for particular
workloads.
See [use cases] for examples. The following related subprojects target end
users:
- [DataFusion Python](https://github.com/apache/datafusion-python/) offers a
Python interface for SQL and DataFrame
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ See [use cases] for examples. The following related
subprojects target end users
DataFusion.
"Out of the box,"
-DataFusion offers
[SQL](https://datafusion.apache.org/user-guide/sql/index.html) and
[Dataframe](https://datafusion.apache.org/user-guide/dataframe.html) APIs,
excellent [performance],
+DataFusion offers
[SQL](https://datafusion.apache.org/user-guide/sql/index.html) and
[DataFrame](https://datafusion.apache.org/user-guide/dataframe.html) APIs,
excellent [performance],
built-in support for CSV, Parquet, JSON, and Avro, extensive customization, and
a great community.
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ See the [Architecture] section for more details.
[performance]: https://benchmark.clickhouse.com/
[architecture]:
https://datafusion.apache.org/contributor-guide/architecture.html
-Here are links to some important information
+Here are links to important resources:
- [Project Site](https://datafusion.apache.org/)
-
[Installation](https://datafusion.apache.org/user-guide/cli/installation.html)
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ Here are links to some important information
## What can you do with this crate?
-DataFusion is great for building projects such as domain specific query
engines, new database platforms and data pipelines, query languages and more.
-It lets you start quickly from a fully working engine, and then customize
those features specific to your use. [Click
Here](https://datafusion.apache.org/user-guide/introduction.html#known-users)
to see a list known users.
+DataFusion is great for building projects such as domain-specific query
engines, new database platforms and data pipelines, query languages and more.
+It lets you start quickly from a fully working engine, and then customize
those features specific to your needs. See the [list of known
users](https://datafusion.apache.org/user-guide/introduction.html#known-users).
## Contributing to DataFusion
@@ -115,15 +115,15 @@ This crate has several [features] which can be specified
in your `Cargo.toml`.
Default features:
-- `nested_expressions`: functions for working with nested type function such
as `array_to_string`
+- `nested_expressions`: functions for working with nested types such as
`array_to_string`
- `compression`: reading files compressed with `xz2`, `bzip2`, `flate2`, and
`zstd`
- `crypto_expressions`: cryptographic functions such as `md5` and `sha256`
- `datetime_expressions`: date and time functions such as `to_timestamp`
- `encoding_expressions`: `encode` and `decode` functions
- `parquet`: support for reading the [Apache Parquet] format
-- `sql`: Support for sql parsing / planning
+- `sql`: support for SQL parsing and planning
- `regex_expressions`: regular expression functions, such as `regexp_match`
-- `unicode_expressions`: Include unicode aware functions such as
`character_length`
+- `unicode_expressions`: include Unicode-aware functions such as
`character_length`
- `unparser`: enables support to reverse LogicalPlans back into SQL
- `recursive_protection`: uses
[recursive](https://docs.rs/recursive/latest/recursive/) for stack overflow
protection.
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