alamb commented on code in PR #10560:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/10560#discussion_r1626296887
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datafusion-examples/examples/advanced_udaf.rs:
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@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
let df = ctx.table("t").await?;
// perform the aggregation
- let df = df.aggregate(vec![], vec![geometric_mean.call(vec![col("a")])])?;
+ let df = df.aggregate(vec![],
vec![geometric_mean.call(vec![col("a")]).build()])?;
Review Comment:
Sorry for the delay in reviewing this @jayzhan211 -- I have been thinking
about this PR and I am struggling
On one hand, having a builder allows for exposing the ability to provide
other types of arguments to aggregate functions (e.g. `ORDER BY` or `FILTER`)
On the other hand, I feel like this API change (requiring a call to
`build()` after `geometric_mean.call` makes DataFusion harder to learn / use
as most calls to aggregate functions are made with just the arguments.
I was thinking about what an ideal user experience would be. What do you
think about something that permits using the existing `expr_fn` API, but also
allows easier construction of more advanced aggregate calls
What about something like this (as today, no need to call build)
```rust
// geometric_mean(a)
let agg = geometric_mean.call(vec![col("a")]);
let df = df.aggregate(vec![], vec![agg])?;
```
And then then to create an `ORDER BY` the user could create and use a
builder like this:
```rust
// geometric_mean(a FILTER b > c)
let agg = geometric_mean.call(vec![col("a")])
.agg_builder() // creates a builder that wraps an Expr, no error return
.filter(col("b").gt(col("c"((
.build()?; // check here if everything was ok
let df = df.aggregate(vec![], vec![agg])?;
```
We could probably implement a trait for `Expr` to add `agg_builder` (or
maybe just add it directly)
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