alamb commented on code in PR #4393:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/4393#discussion_r1248206483


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arrow-array/src/scalar.rs:
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+//
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+//
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+
+use crate::Array;
+
+/// A possibly [`Scalar`] [`Array`]
+///
+/// This allows optimised binary kernels where one or more arguments are 
constant
+///
+/// ```
+/// # use arrow_array::*;
+/// # use arrow_buffer::{BooleanBuffer, MutableBuffer, NullBuffer};
+/// # use arrow_schema::ArrowError;
+/// #
+/// fn eq_impl<T: ArrowPrimitiveType>(
+///     a: &PrimitiveArray<T>,
+///     a_scalar: bool,
+///     b: &PrimitiveArray<T>,
+///     b_scalar: bool,
+/// ) -> BooleanArray {
+///     let (array, scalar) = match (a_scalar, b_scalar) {
+///         (true, true) | (false, false) => {
+///             let len = a.len().min(b.len());
+///             let nulls = NullBuffer::union(a.nulls(), b.nulls());
+///             let buffer = BooleanBuffer::collect_bool(len, |idx| 
a.value(idx) == b.value(idx));
+///             return BooleanArray::new(buffer, nulls);
+///         }
+///         (true, false) => (b, (a.null_count() == 0).then(|| a.value(0))),
+///         (false, true) => (a, (b.null_count() == 0).then(|| b.value(0))),
+///     };
+///     match scalar {
+///         Some(v) => {
+///             let len = array.len();
+///             let nulls = array.nulls().cloned();
+///             let buffer = BooleanBuffer::collect_bool(len, |idx| 
array.value(idx) == v);
+///             BooleanArray::new(buffer, nulls)
+///         }
+///         None => BooleanArray::new_null(array.len()),
+///     }
+/// }
+///
+/// pub fn eq(l: &dyn Datum, r: &dyn Datum) -> Result<BooleanArray, 
ArrowError> {
+///     let (l_array, l_scalar) = l.get();
+///     let (r_array, r_scalar) = r.get();
+///     downcast_primitive_array!(
+///         (l_array, r_array) => Ok(eq_impl(l_array, l_scalar, r_array, 
r_scalar)),
+///         (a, b) => Err(ArrowError::NotYetImplemented(format!("{a} == 
{b}"))),
+///     )
+/// }
+///
+/// // Comparison of two arrays
+/// let a = Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
+/// let b = Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 4, 7, 3]);
+/// let r = eq(&a, &b).unwrap();
+/// let values: Vec<_> = r.values().iter().collect();
+/// assert_eq!(values, &[true, true, false, false, false]);
+///
+/// // Comparison of an array and a scalar
+/// let a = Int32Array::from(vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
+/// let b = Int32Array::from(vec![1]);
+/// let r = eq(&a, &Scalar::new(&b)).unwrap();
+/// let values: Vec<_> = r.values().iter().collect();
+/// assert_eq!(values, &[true, false, false, false, false]);
+pub trait Datum {
+    /// Returns the value for this [`Datum`] and a boolean indicating if the 
value is scalar
+    fn get(&self) -> (&dyn Array, bool);
+}
+
+impl<T: Array> Datum for T {
+    fn get(&self) -> (&dyn Array, bool) {
+        (self, false)
+    }
+}

Review Comment:
   > An array with length 1 won't be treated as scalar, it will only be treated 
as scalar if wrapped in Scalar
   
   FWIW I think the only practical difference would be that `add(arr1, arr2)` 
will fail if `arr1` has one row (but is not marked as a scalar) and `arr2` had 
some other number of rows (like 100). 
   
   I think @tustvold  also considered simply treating any arrays that had `1` 
row as a scalar but felt (as do I) that making it explicit would make for a 
less confusing experience . Or maybe that was only my opinion 😆 
   
   > When any one wants to talk with this crate, this crate only understands 
language in array. So if you want to mention a scalar, you need to fit it into 
an array and let this crate know it behaves like a scalar.
   
   I think this is an excellent description 👍 



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