alamb commented on code in PR #1767: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/1767#discussion_r887825142
########## arrow/src/array/data.rs: ########## @@ -999,6 +999,27 @@ impl ArrayData { pub fn validate_dictionary_offset(&self) -> Result<()> { match &self.data_type { + DataType::Decimal(p, _) => { + let values_buffer = &self.buffers[0]; + + for pos in 0..values_buffer.len() { + let raw_val = unsafe { + std::slice::from_raw_parts( + values_buffer.as_ptr().add(pos), + 16_usize, + ) + }; + let as_array = raw_val.try_into(); + match as_array { + Ok(v) if raw_val.len() == 16 => { Review Comment: For some reason this code seems overly complicated -- I wonder if you could call i128::from_le_bytes directly on a slice like ```rust for pos in 0..values_buffer.len() { let v = value_buffer.data[pos..pos+16]; let value = i128::from_le_bytes(v) } ``` or something 🤔 ########## arrow/src/array/data.rs: ########## @@ -999,6 +999,27 @@ impl ArrayData { pub fn validate_dictionary_offset(&self) -> Result<()> { match &self.data_type { + DataType::Decimal(p, _) => { Review Comment: I agree this code is necessary in `validate` 👍 -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@arrow.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org