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Wes McKinney updated ARROW-8917: -------------------------------- Description: A metafunction is a function that provides the {{Execute}} API but does not contain any kernels. Such functions can also handle non-Array/Scalar inputs like RecordBatch or Table. This will enable bindings to invoke such functions (like take, filter) like {code} call_function('take', [table, indices]) {code} was: This will enable bindings to invoke such functions (like take, filter) like {code} call_function('take', [table, indices]) {code} > [C++][Compute] Formalize "metafunction" concept > ----------------------------------------------- > > Key: ARROW-8917 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-8917 > Project: Apache Arrow > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: C++ > Reporter: Wes McKinney > Priority: Major > Fix For: 1.0.0 > > > A metafunction is a function that provides the {{Execute}} API but does not > contain any kernels. Such functions can also handle non-Array/Scalar inputs > like RecordBatch or Table. > This will enable bindings to invoke such functions (like take, filter) like > {code} > call_function('take', [table, indices]) > {code} -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)