viirya commented on code in PR #2680: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/2680#discussion_r966757220
########## arrow/src/compute/kernels/sort.rs: ########## @@ -311,41 +312,58 @@ pub fn sort_to_indices( ))); } }, - DataType::Dictionary(key_type, value_type) - if *value_type.as_ref() == DataType::Utf8 => - { - match key_type.as_ref() { - DataType::Int8 => { - sort_string_dictionary::<Int8Type>(values, v, n, &options, limit) - } - DataType::Int16 => { - sort_string_dictionary::<Int16Type>(values, v, n, &options, limit) - } - DataType::Int32 => { - sort_string_dictionary::<Int32Type>(values, v, n, &options, limit) - } - DataType::Int64 => { - sort_string_dictionary::<Int64Type>(values, v, n, &options, limit) - } - DataType::UInt8 => { - sort_string_dictionary::<UInt8Type>(values, v, n, &options, limit) - } - DataType::UInt16 => { - sort_string_dictionary::<UInt16Type>(values, v, n, &options, limit) - } - DataType::UInt32 => { - sort_string_dictionary::<UInt32Type>(values, v, n, &options, limit) - } - DataType::UInt64 => { - sort_string_dictionary::<UInt64Type>(values, v, n, &options, limit) - } - t => { - return Err(ArrowError::ComputeError(format!( - "Sort not supported for dictionary key type {:?}", - t - ))); - } - } + DataType::Dictionary(_, _) => { + downcast_dictionary_array!( + values => match values.values().data_type() { + DataType::Int8 => { + let dict_values = values.values(); + let sorted_value_indices = sort_to_indices(dict_values, Some(SortOptions::default()), None)?; Review Comment: Oh, right, we need to keep the given null ordering when sorting the values of the dictionary. -- 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