milesgranger commented on code in PR #14395:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/14395#discussion_r1013798114
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cpp/src/arrow/compute/kernels/scalar_nested_test.cc:
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@@ -116,6 +117,111 @@ TEST(TestScalarNested, ListElementInvalid) {
Raises(StatusCode::Invalid));
}
+TEST(TestScalarNested, ListSliceVariableOutput) {
+ const auto value_types = {float32(), int32()};
+ for (auto value_type : value_types) {
+ /* Variable list size output required variable size list input. */
+ auto inputs = {ArrayFromJSON(list(value_type), "[[1, 2, 3], [4, 5], [6],
null]")};
+ for (auto input : inputs) {
+ ListSliceOptions args(/*start=*/0, /*stop=*/2, /*step=*/1,
+ /*return_fixed_size_list=*/false);
+ auto expected = ArrayFromJSON(list(value_type), "[[1, 2], [4, 5], [6],
null]");
+ CheckScalarUnary("list_slice", input, expected, &args);
+
+ args.start = 1;
+ expected = ArrayFromJSON(list(value_type), "[[2], [5], [], null]");
+ CheckScalarUnary("list_slice", input, expected, &args);
+
+ args.start = 2;
+ args.stop = 4;
+ expected = ArrayFromJSON(list(value_type), "[[3], [], [], null]");
+ CheckScalarUnary("list_slice", input, expected, &args);
+ }
+ }
+
+ // Verify passing `return_fixed_size_list=false` with fixed size input
+ // returns variable size even if stop is beyond list_size
+ ListSliceOptions args(/*start=*/0, /*stop=*/2, /*step=*/1,
+ /*return_fixed_size_list=*/false);
+ auto input = ArrayFromJSON(fixed_size_list(int32(), 1), "[[1]]");
+ auto expected = ArrayFromJSON(list(int32()), "[[1]]");
Review Comment:
I agree, _probably_ not used or at least that often. But if it's "just
works" by the implementation, is there a reason we should actively prevent it?
Can certainly throw in a check for this scenario and raise an error.
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