findepi commented on code in PR #12922:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/12922#discussion_r1801330973
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datafusion/expr-common/src/columnar_value.rs:
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@@ -218,6 +217,17 @@ impl ColumnarValue {
}
}
}
+
+ /// Converts an [`ArrayRef`] to a [`ColumnarValue`] based on the supplied
arguments.
+ /// This is useful for scalar UDF implementations to fulfil their contract:
+ /// if all arguments are scalar values, the result should also be a scalar
value.
+ pub fn from_args_and_result(args: &[Self], result: ArrayRef) ->
Result<Self> {
+ if result.len() == 1 && args.iter().all(|arg| matches!(arg,
Self::Scalar(_))) {
+ Ok(Self::Scalar(ScalarValue::try_from_array(&result, 0)?))
+ } else {
+ Ok(Self::Array(result))
Review Comment:
If we allow such code to exist, wouldn't it be better to just have it during
constant-folding, rather than inside function implementations?
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