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Wes McKinney edited comment on ARROW-8991 at 6/3/20, 7:42 PM: -------------------------------------------------------------- It's needed for implementing hash aggregations (and any other grouping-type algorithm). No need to rearrange priorities, just wanted to mention. was (Author: wesmckinn): It's needed for implementing hash aggregations. No need to rearrange priorities, just wanted to mention. > [C++][Compute] Add scalar_hash function > --------------------------------------- > > Key: ARROW-8991 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-8991 > Project: Apache Arrow > Issue Type: New Feature > Components: C++ > Reporter: Wes McKinney > Priority: Major > Fix For: 1.0.0 > > > The purpose of this function is to compute 32- or 64-bit hash values for each > cell in an Array. Hashes for nested types can be computed recursively by > combining the hash values of their children -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)