tustvold commented on code in PR #241: URL: https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/pull/241#discussion_r1602089071
########## LogicalTypes.md: ########## @@ -255,6 +255,18 @@ The primitive type is a 2-byte fixed length binary. The sort order for `FLOAT16` is signed (with special handling of NANs and signed zeros); it uses the same [logic](https://github.com/apache/parquet-format#sort-order) as `FLOAT` and `DOUBLE`. +### FIXED_SIZE_LIST + +The `FIXED_SIZE_LIST` annotation represents a fixed-size list of elements +of a fixed-width data type. It must annotate an N-byte fixed length binary Review Comment: Why couldn't we support variable width data types here? Effectively this type would act like a repeated element, but with the repetition levels not needing to be specified? -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
