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Wes McKinney updated ARROW-8918:
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Description:
By setting the output type in {{CastOptions}}, we can write
{code}
call_function("cast", [arg], cast_options)
{code}
This simplifies use of casting for binding developers. This mimics the standard
SQL
{code}
CAST(expr AS target_type)
{code}
was:
By setting the output type in {{CastOptions}}, we can write
{code}
call_function("cast", [arg], cast_options)
{code}
This simplifies use of casting for binding developers
> [C++] Add cast "metafunction" to FunctionRegistry that addresses dispatching
> to appropriate type-specific CastFunction
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>
> Key: ARROW-8918
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-8918
> Project: Apache Arrow
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: C++
> Reporter: Wes McKinney
> Priority: Major
> Fix For: 1.0.0
>
>
> By setting the output type in {{CastOptions}}, we can write
> {code}
> call_function("cast", [arg], cast_options)
> {code}
> This simplifies use of casting for binding developers. This mimics the
> standard SQL
> {code}
> CAST(expr AS target_type)
> {code}
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