asfimport commented on issue #405: URL: https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/issues/405#issuecomment-2184154140
[Gang Wu](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PARQUET-2222?#comment-17747231) / @wgtmac: Actually in the specs, RLE has been stated **as an alternative to PLAIN** for boolean values {**}6 years ago{**}: https://github.com/apache/parquet-format/blob/master/Encodings.md?plain=1#L127 > Note that the RLE encoding method is only supported for the following types of > data: > - Repetition and definition levels > - Dictionary indices > - Boolean values in data pages, as an alternative to PLAIN encoding Should we just keep the specs as is and let the implementations decide which encoding to use for boolean values? -- 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]
