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Wes McKinney commented on ARROW-638:
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As a practical matter, complex64 and complex128 probably need to be compatible
with `std::complex`, which is implemented as a C struct with the values next to
each other in memory -- this is used in TensorFlow for example:
https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/6dfa434252b1cc3f6c523edc329853b3e8e4911c/tensorflow/core/framework/numeric_types.h#L33
in C++, this boils down to
{code:language=c++}
template<typename _Tp>
struct complex
{
<SNIP>
private:
_Tp _M_real;
_Tp _M_imag;
};
{code}
> [Format] Add metadata for single and double precision complex numbers
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> Key: ARROW-638
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-638
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: Format
> Reporter: Wes McKinney
>
> Numerical computing libraries like NumPy and TensorFlow feature complex64 and
> complex128 numbers
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