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cedric commented on ORC-471:
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Cf [proposed
PR|[https://github.com/apache/orc/pull/368]|https://github.com/apache/orc/pull/368].]
which fixes everything for me.
> C++ library needs some doc regarding NULLs
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>
> Key: ORC-471
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ORC-471
> Project: ORC
> Issue Type: Wish
> Components: C++, site
> Reporter: cedric
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: documentation
> Time Spent: 10m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
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> I'm trying to use the C++ library to write ORC files and handling of NULLs in
> StructVectorColumn is not clear from the doc.
> When a row is NULL, the code of StructColumnWriter::add seems to expect the
> children columns to be defined (and, I guess, NULL), as it uses the passed
> numValues both to add the isNulls and to add each subfields.
> But on another hand, the decoder seems to expect the subfields to be missing
> when the struct row is NIULL.
> Can you shed some light here, or better in the doc ?
> A line about what to do for NULL values for each possible type in the doc
> would be great.
> If I knew what the APi is supposed to be then I would know where to look for
> the bug.
>
> Thank you!
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