gabotechs commented on code in PR #19957:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/19957#discussion_r2726984397


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datafusion/physical-expr/src/projection.rs:
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@@ -660,9 +660,25 @@ impl ProjectionExprs {
                     }
                 }
             } else {
-                // TODO stats: estimate more statistics from expressions
-                // (expressions should compute their statistics themselves)
-                ColumnStatistics::new_unknown()
+                // TODO: expressions should compute their own statistics

Review Comment:
   Do you have any thoughts about how the current `Distribution`-based API 
could be used for propagating NDV stats across expressions?



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datafusion/common/src/stats.rs:
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@@ -632,7 +632,14 @@ impl Statistics {
             col_stats.max_value = 
col_stats.max_value.max(&item_col_stats.max_value);
             col_stats.min_value = 
col_stats.min_value.min(&item_col_stats.min_value);
             col_stats.sum_value = 
col_stats.sum_value.add(&item_col_stats.sum_value);
-            col_stats.distinct_count = Precision::Absent;
+            // Use max as a conservative lower bound for distinct count
+            // (can't accurately merge NDV since duplicates may exist across 
partitions)
+            col_stats.distinct_count = col_stats
+                .distinct_count
+                .get_value()
+                .max(item_col_stats.distinct_count.get_value())
+                .map(|&v| Precision::Inexact(v))
+                .unwrap_or(Precision::Absent);

Review Comment:
   👍 this sounds pretty reasonable to me



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