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cpcloud commented on issue #1618: ARROW-2160: [C++/Python] Fix decimal
precision inference
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/1618#issuecomment-366798968
@wesm @pitrou I reintroduced boost regex for parsing the decimal number, to
address ARROW-2153. We were using a fairly straightforward algorithm before
that implemented the regular expression by hand but it didn't allow numbers
like `1e1`. The regular expression to match that would be very complex and hard
to read if written by hand so I decided to use boost regex. I didn't go with
STL library because it doesn't support named capture groups, which I think make
the code much more readable.
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> [C++/Python] Fix decimal precision inference
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> Key: ARROW-2160
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-2160
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: C++, Python
> Affects Versions: 0.8.0
> Reporter: Antony Mayi
> Assignee: Phillip Cloud
> Priority: Major
> Labels: pull-request-available
> Fix For: 0.9.0
>
>
> {code}
> import pyarrow as pa
> import pandas as pd
> import decimal
> df = pd.DataFrame({'a': [decimal.Decimal('0.1'), decimal.Decimal('0.01')]})
> pa.Table.from_pandas(df)
> {code}
> raises:
> {code}
> pyarrow.lib.ArrowInvalid: Decimal type with precision 2 does not fit into
> precision inferred from first array element: 1
> {code}
> Looks arrow is inferring the highest precision for given column based on the
> first cell and expecting the rest fits in. I understand this is by design but
> from the point of view of pandas-arrow compatibility this is quite painful as
> pandas is more flexible (as demonstrated).
> What this means is that user trying to pass pandas {{DataFrame}} with
> {{Decimal}} column(s) to arrow {{Table}} would always have to first:
> # Find the highest precision used in (each of) that column(s)
> # Adjust the first cell of (each of) that column(s) so that it explicitly
> uses the highest precision of that column(s)
> # Only then pass such {{DataFrame}} to {{Table.from_pandas()}}
> So given this unavoidable procedure (and assuming arrow needs to be strict
> about the highest precision for a column) - shouldn't some similar logic be
> part of the {{Table.from_pandas()}} directly to make this transparent?
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