alamb commented on code in PR #10268: URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/10268#discussion_r1594036090
########## datafusion/sqllogictest/test_files/coalesce.slt: ########## @@ -209,28 +209,20 @@ select [3, 4] List(Field { name: "item", data_type: Int64, nullable: true, dict_id: 0, dict_is_ordered: false, metadata: {} }) # TODO: after switch signature of array to the same with coalesce, this query should be fixed -query ?T +query error select coalesce(array[1, 2], array[arrow_cast(3, 'Int32'), arrow_cast(4, 'Int32')]), arrow_typeof(coalesce(array[1, 2], array[arrow_cast(3, 'Int32'), arrow_cast(4, 'Int32')])); ----- -[1, 2] List(Field { name: "item", data_type: Int64, nullable: true, dict_id: 0, dict_is_ordered: false, metadata: {} }) statement ok create table test1 as values (arrow_cast('foo', 'Dictionary(Int32, Utf8)')), (null); # Dictionary and String are not coercible -query ? +query error Review Comment: > In Postgres, dictionary type (composite type including struct) is not implicitly cast to another numeric type, so is DuckdDB. It almost looks like those examples are using the term `Dictionary` in the python sense (so more like an Arrow [MapArray](https://docs.rs/arrow/latest/arrow/array/struct.MapArray.html#)) rather than an arrow DictionaryArray > Introduce TypeSignature::coercion, and it calls fn coerce_types for udf, udaf function in coerce_arguments_for_signature. We can then have different coercion rule for coalesce, make_array, sum, avg, and more. This not only solve the issue above and also for UDAF. The user can define their coercion rule too. I think this makes a lot of sense and is a really good idea. Without it we will basically end up trying to enumerate all possible coercion rules in the datafusion core which is likely impossible I will file a ticket -- 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...@datafusion.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: github-unsubscr...@datafusion.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: github-h...@datafusion.apache.org