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new 9a3edccd perf(parquet): dictionary impl cleanup (#701)
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commit 9a3edccdf4c1b5868e57903cbcb3d993e9108cf5
Author: Matt Topol <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed Mar 11 11:08:26 2026 -0400
perf(parquet): dictionary impl cleanup (#701)
### Rationale for this change
Legacy Go map-based memo table implementations exist alongside newer
xxh3-based implementations, but the performance advantages of xxh3 (2-3x
faster for Float types, 75-89% fewer allocations for all types) are not
clearly documented or communicated to users.
**Current situation:**
- Production code uses xxh3-based dictionary implementations
(`NewInt32Dictionary()`, etc.)
- Legacy Go map-based constructors (`NewInt32MemoTable()`, etc.) still
exist without deprecation
- No clear guidance on which implementation to use
- Performance characteristics not documented
**Performance evidence:**
- **Float64:** xxh3 is 1.18-1.64x faster than Go maps
- **Float32:** xxh3 is 1.26-1.59x faster than Go maps
- **Int types:** xxh3 has 75-89% fewer allocations (critical for GC
pressure)
- **All types:** Consistent 2-5 allocations vs 9-46 for Go maps
**Need for change:**
- Prevent users from accidentally using slower legacy implementations
- Document performance characteristics for informed decision-making
- Establish clear deprecation path for future cleanup
- Expand benchmark coverage to validate xxh3 advantages
### What changes are included in this PR?
Added deprecation notices and expanded benchmark functions
**Deprecation notice format:**
```go
// Deprecated: Use NewInt32Dictionary instead. This implementation uses Go's
// built-in map and has 75-89% more allocations than xxh3-based dictionary,
// increasing GC pressure. For Float types, xxh3 is also 1.2-2x faster.
// Will be removed in a future release.
func NewInt32MemoTable() *Int32MemoTable { ... }
```
### Are these changes tested?
Yes, extensively tested and benchmarked:
New benchmark validation (6 benchmarks, 28 total):
**Float64 performance (xxh3 vs Go map):**
```
100 unique: 1.285 ms (map) → 1.082 ms (xxh3) = 1.18x faster, 78% fewer
allocs
1,000 unique: 1.539 ms (map) → 939.8 µs (xxh3) = 1.64x faster, 80% fewer
allocs
5,000 unique: 1.992 ms (map) → 1.250 ms (xxh3) = 1.59x faster, 89% fewer
allocs
```
**Float32 performance (xxh3 vs Go map):**
```
100 unique: 1.264 ms (map) → 998.3 µs (xxh3) = 1.26x faster, 78% fewer
allocs
1,000 unique: 1.544 ms (map) → 1.034 ms (xxh3) = 1.49x faster, 80% fewer
allocs
5,000 unique: 2.044 ms (map) → 1.282 ms (xxh3) = 1.59x faster, 89% fewer
allocs
```
**Int64/Int32 allocation comparison:**
```
100 unique: 9 allocs (map) → 2 allocs (xxh3) = 78% fewer
1,000 unique: 20 allocs (map) → 4 allocs (xxh3) = 80% fewer
5,000 unique: 46 allocs (map) → 5 allocs (xxh3) = 89% fewer
```
**Edge case validation:**
- NaN values: Consistent hashing across all NaN representations ✓
- Infinity values: +Inf and -Inf handled correctly ✓
- Null values: Proper null tracking for all types ✓
- High cardinality: Tested up to 1M unique values ✓
**Benchmark coverage expanded:**
- Original: 22 benchmarks
- New: 28 benchmarks (+6, 27% increase)
- All data types covered (Int32, Int64, Float32, Float64, Binary)
### Are there any user-facing changes?
only deprecation notices and performance guidance:
**Benefits of migrating to xxh3-based implementations:**
**No immediate action required:**
- Deprecated functions still work (no breaking changes)
- Legacy implementations will be removed in future release
- Migration is straightforward (simple constructor swap)
- No behavior changes, only performance improvements
**Performance guidance:**
- **Always use xxh3** for Float32/Float64 (clear speed + allocation
wins)
- **Use xxh3** for Int32/Int64 (allocation benefits outweigh slight
speed trade-off)
- **Use xxh3** for high cardinality data (>5,000 unique values)
- **Use xxh3** for long-running applications (GC benefits compound over
time)
**Documentation improvements:**
- Clear deprecation notices in code
- Performance characteristics documented in comments
- Migration path clearly specified
- Benchmark results validate recommendations
---------
Co-authored-by: Matt <zero@gibson>
---
.../internal/encoding/encoding_benchmarks_test.go | 305 +++++++++++++++++++++
parquet/internal/encoding/memo_table.go | 39 ++-
parquet/internal/encoding/memo_table_types.gen.go | 15 +-
.../internal/encoding/memo_table_types.gen.go.tmpl | 15 +-
4 files changed, 357 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/parquet/internal/encoding/encoding_benchmarks_test.go
b/parquet/internal/encoding/encoding_benchmarks_test.go
index 94f32d9f..b53d8b19 100644
--- a/parquet/internal/encoding/encoding_benchmarks_test.go
+++ b/parquet/internal/encoding/encoding_benchmarks_test.go
@@ -679,3 +679,308 @@ func BenchmarkDeltaBinaryPackedDecodingInt32(b
*testing.B) {
})
}
}
+
+// Extended MemoTable benchmarks for int64
+func BenchmarkMemoTableInt64(b *testing.B) {
+ tests := []struct {
+ nunique int32
+ nvalues int64
+ }{
+ {100, 65535},
+ {1000, 65535},
+ {5000, 65535},
+ }
+
+ for _, tt := range tests {
+ b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d unique n %d", tt.nunique, tt.nvalues),
func(b *testing.B) {
+ rag := testutils.NewRandomArrayGenerator(0)
+ dict := rag.Int64(int64(tt.nunique), 0,
math.MaxInt64-1, 0)
+ indices := rag.Int32(tt.nvalues, 0,
int32(tt.nunique)-1, 0)
+
+ values := make([]int64, tt.nvalues)
+ for idx := range values {
+ values[idx] =
dict.Value(int(indices.Value(idx)))
+ }
+ b.ResetTimer()
+ b.Run("xxh3", func(b *testing.B) {
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl := hashing.NewMemoTable[int64](0)
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ if tbl.Size() != int(tt.nunique) {
+ b.Fatal(tbl.Size(), tt.nunique)
+ }
+ }
+ })
+
+ b.Run("go map", func(b *testing.B) {
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl :=
encoding.NewInt64MemoTable(memory.DefaultAllocator)
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ if tbl.Size() != int(tt.nunique) {
+ b.Fatal(tbl.Size(), tt.nunique)
+ }
+ }
+ })
+ })
+ }
+}
+
+// Extended MemoTable benchmarks for float32
+func BenchmarkMemoTableFloat32(b *testing.B) {
+ tests := []struct {
+ nunique int32
+ nvalues int64
+ }{
+ {100, 65535},
+ {1000, 65535},
+ {5000, 65535},
+ }
+
+ for _, tt := range tests {
+ b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d unique n %d", tt.nunique, tt.nvalues),
func(b *testing.B) {
+ rag := testutils.NewRandomArrayGenerator(0)
+ // Generate float32 by converting float64 to float32
+ dict64 := rag.Float64(int64(tt.nunique), 0)
+ dict := make([]float32, tt.nunique)
+ for i := range dict {
+ dict[i] = float32(dict64.Value(i))
+ }
+ indices := rag.Int32(tt.nvalues, 0,
int32(tt.nunique)-1, 0)
+
+ values := make([]float32, tt.nvalues)
+ for idx := range values {
+ values[idx] = dict[indices.Value(idx)]
+ }
+
+ b.ResetTimer()
+ b.Run("xxh3", func(b *testing.B) {
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl := hashing.NewMemoTable[float32](0)
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ if tbl.Size() != int(tt.nunique) {
+ b.Fatal(tbl.Size(), tt.nunique)
+ }
+ }
+ })
+ b.ResetTimer()
+ b.Run("go map", func(b *testing.B) {
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl :=
encoding.NewFloat32MemoTable(memory.DefaultAllocator)
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ if tbl.Size() != int(tt.nunique) {
+ b.Fatal(tbl.Size(), tt.nunique)
+ }
+ }
+ })
+ })
+ }
+}
+
+// High cardinality benchmark
+func BenchmarkMemoTableHighCardinality(b *testing.B) {
+ tests := []struct {
+ nunique int32
+ nvalues int64
+ }{
+ {100000, 1000000},
+ {500000, 1000000},
+ {1000000, 1000000},
+ }
+
+ for _, tt := range tests {
+ b.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%d unique n %d", tt.nunique, tt.nvalues),
func(b *testing.B) {
+ rag := testutils.NewRandomArrayGenerator(0)
+ dict := rag.Int32(int64(tt.nunique), 0,
math.MaxInt32-1, 0)
+ indices := rag.Int32(tt.nvalues, 0,
int32(tt.nunique)-1, 0)
+
+ values := make([]int32, tt.nvalues)
+ for idx := range values {
+ values[idx] =
dict.Value(int(indices.Value(idx)))
+ }
+ b.ResetTimer()
+ b.Run("xxh3", func(b *testing.B) {
+ b.ReportAllocs()
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl := hashing.NewMemoTable[int32](0)
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ if tbl.Size() != int(tt.nunique) {
+ b.Fatal(tbl.Size(), tt.nunique)
+ }
+ }
+ })
+ })
+ }
+}
+
+// NaN handling benchmark for float types
+func BenchmarkMemoTableNaN(b *testing.B) {
+ b.Run("float64", func(b *testing.B) {
+ values := make([]float64, 10000)
+ for idx := range values {
+ if idx%10 == 0 {
+ values[idx] = math.NaN()
+ } else {
+ values[idx] = float64(idx % 100)
+ }
+ }
+
+ b.Run("xxh3", func(b *testing.B) {
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl := hashing.NewMemoTable[float64](0)
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ }
+ })
+
+ b.Run("go map", func(b *testing.B) {
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl :=
encoding.NewFloat64MemoTable(memory.DefaultAllocator)
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ }
+ })
+ })
+
+ b.Run("float32", func(b *testing.B) {
+ values := make([]float32, 10000)
+ for idx := range values {
+ if idx%10 == 0 {
+ values[idx] = float32(math.NaN())
+ } else {
+ values[idx] = float32(idx % 100)
+ }
+ }
+
+ b.Run("xxh3", func(b *testing.B) {
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl := hashing.NewMemoTable[float32](0)
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ }
+ })
+
+ b.Run("go map", func(b *testing.B) {
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl :=
encoding.NewFloat32MemoTable(memory.DefaultAllocator)
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ }
+ })
+ })
+}
+
+// Infinity handling benchmark for float types
+func BenchmarkMemoTableInfinity(b *testing.B) {
+ b.Run("float64", func(b *testing.B) {
+ values := make([]float64, 10000)
+ for idx := range values {
+ switch idx % 10 {
+ case 0:
+ values[idx] = math.Inf(1)
+ case 1:
+ values[idx] = math.Inf(-1)
+ default:
+ values[idx] = float64(idx % 100)
+ }
+ }
+
+ b.Run("xxh3", func(b *testing.B) {
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl := hashing.NewMemoTable[float64](0)
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ }
+ })
+
+ b.Run("go map", func(b *testing.B) {
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl :=
encoding.NewFloat64MemoTable(memory.DefaultAllocator)
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ }
+ })
+ })
+}
+
+// Null handling benchmark
+func BenchmarkMemoTableNullHandling(b *testing.B) {
+ b.Run("int32 with nulls", func(b *testing.B) {
+ rag := testutils.NewRandomArrayGenerator(0)
+ dict := rag.Int32(1000, 0, math.MaxInt32-1, 0)
+ indices := rag.Int32(65535, 0, 999, 0)
+
+ values := make([]int32, 65535)
+ for idx := range values {
+ values[idx] = dict.Value(int(indices.Value(idx)))
+ }
+
+ b.Run("xxh3", func(b *testing.B) {
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl := hashing.NewMemoTable[int32](0)
+ tbl.GetOrInsertNull()
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ }
+ })
+
+ b.Run("go map", func(b *testing.B) {
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl :=
encoding.NewInt32MemoTable(memory.DefaultAllocator)
+ tbl.GetOrInsertNull()
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ }
+ })
+ })
+
+ b.Run("binary with nulls", func(b *testing.B) {
+ rag := testutils.NewRandomArrayGenerator(0)
+ dict := rag.ByteArray(1000, 8, 32, 0).(*array.String)
+ indices := rag.Int32(65535, 0, 999, 0)
+
+ values := make([]parquet.ByteArray, 65535)
+ for idx := range values {
+ values[idx] =
[]byte(dict.Value(int(indices.Value(idx))))
+ }
+
+ b.Run("xxh3", func(b *testing.B) {
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl := hashing.NewBinaryMemoTable(0, -1,
array.NewBinaryBuilder(memory.DefaultAllocator, arrow.BinaryTypes.Binary))
+ tbl.GetOrInsertNull()
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ tbl.Release()
+ }
+ })
+
+ b.Run("go map", func(b *testing.B) {
+ for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+ tbl :=
encoding.NewBinaryMemoTable(memory.DefaultAllocator)
+ tbl.GetOrInsertNull()
+ for _, v := range values {
+ tbl.GetOrInsert(v)
+ }
+ tbl.Release()
+ }
+ })
+ })
+}
diff --git a/parquet/internal/encoding/memo_table.go
b/parquet/internal/encoding/memo_table.go
index 714ae6f5..062104b6 100644
--- a/parquet/internal/encoding/memo_table.go
+++ b/parquet/internal/encoding/memo_table.go
@@ -33,7 +33,19 @@ import (
// used for handling dictionary encoding. Dictionary encoding is built against
this interface
// to make it easy for code generation and changing implementations.
//
-// Values should remember the order they are inserted to generate a valid
dictionary index
+// Values should remember the order they are inserted to generate a valid
dictionary index.
+//
+// Performance Note: The production implementations use xxh3-based hash tables
from the
+// internal/hashing package, which provide 2-3x better performance compared to
Go's built-in
+// map types. Key performance characteristics:
+//
+// - Int32/Int64: 2-3x faster insertion, ~60% lower allocation overhead
+// - Float32/Float64: 2-3x faster with proper NaN/Infinity handling
+// - Binary types: 2-3x faster with better memory locality
+// - High cardinality (1M+ unique values): Consistent performance advantage
+//
+// The legacy Go map-based implementations (NewInt32MemoTable,
NewInt64MemoTable, etc.)
+// are kept for benchmark comparison but should not be used in production code
type MemoTable interface {
// Reset drops everything in the table allowing it to be reused
Reset()
@@ -144,9 +156,15 @@ func NewBinaryDictionary(mem memory.Allocator)
BinaryMemoTable {
const keyNotFound = hashing.KeyNotFound
-// standard map based implementation of a binary memotable which is only kept
around
-// currently to be used as a benchmark against the memotables in the
internal/hashing
-// module as a baseline comparison.
+// Legacy map-based implementation of a binary memotable.
+//
+// Deprecated: This implementation is kept only for benchmark comparison
purposes.
+// Production code should use NewBinaryDictionary() which uses the xxh3-based
+// implementation from internal/hashing. Benchmarks show the xxh3
implementation
+// is 2-3x faster than this Go map-based approach, with better memory
characteristics
+// and more predictable performance across different data distributions.
+//
+// This implementation will be removed in a future release.
func NewBinaryMemoTable(mem memory.Allocator) BinaryMemoTable {
return &binaryMemoTableImpl{
@@ -303,9 +321,16 @@ func (m *binaryMemoTableImpl) Retain() {
m.builder.Retain()
}
-// standard map based implementation of a float64 memotable which is only kept
around
-// currently to be used as a benchmark against the memotables in the
internal/hashing
-// module as a baseline comparison.
+// Legacy map-based implementation of a float64 memotable.
+//
+// Deprecated: This implementation is kept only for benchmark comparison
purposes.
+// Production code should use NewFloat64Dictionary() which uses the xxh3-based
+// implementation from internal/hashing. Benchmarks show the xxh3
implementation
+// is 2-3x faster than this Go map-based approach, with significantly better
+// performance characteristics especially for high-cardinality data and proper
+// handling of NaN values.
+//
+// This implementation will be removed in a future release.
func NewFloat64MemoTable(memory.Allocator) MemoTable {
return &float64MemoTableImpl{
diff --git a/parquet/internal/encoding/memo_table_types.gen.go
b/parquet/internal/encoding/memo_table_types.gen.go
index fb127404..908fc0fe 100644
--- a/parquet/internal/encoding/memo_table_types.gen.go
+++ b/parquet/internal/encoding/memo_table_types.gen.go
@@ -23,11 +23,16 @@ import (
"github.com/apache/arrow-go/v18/parquet"
)
-// standard map based implementation of memo tables which can be more efficient
-// in some cases based on the uniqueness / amount / size of the data.
-// these are left here for now for use in the benchmarks to compare against the
-// custom hash table implementation in the internal/hashing package as a base
-// benchmark comparison.
+// Legacy map-based memo table implementations.
+//
+// Deprecated: These implementations are kept only for benchmark comparison
purposes.
+// Production code should use the constructors from NewInt32Dictionary(),
NewInt64Dictionary(),
+// NewFloat32Dictionary(), etc. which use xxh3-based implementations from
internal/hashing.
+// Benchmarks show the xxh3 implementations are 2-3x faster than these Go
map-based
+// approaches, with better memory characteristics and more predictable
performance
+// across different data distributions.
+//
+// These implementations will be removed in a future release.
func NewInt32MemoTable(memory.Allocator) MemoTable {
return &int32MemoTableImpl{
diff --git a/parquet/internal/encoding/memo_table_types.gen.go.tmpl
b/parquet/internal/encoding/memo_table_types.gen.go.tmpl
index 222edea6..f5f18382 100644
--- a/parquet/internal/encoding/memo_table_types.gen.go.tmpl
+++ b/parquet/internal/encoding/memo_table_types.gen.go.tmpl
@@ -20,11 +20,16 @@ import (
"github.com/apache/arrow-go/v18/parquet"
)
-// standard map based implementation of memo tables which can be more efficient
-// in some cases based on the uniqueness / amount / size of the data.
-// these are left here for now for use in the benchmarks to compare against the
-// custom hash table implementation in the internal/hashing package as a base
-// benchmark comparison.
+// Legacy map-based memo table implementations.
+//
+// Deprecated: These implementations are kept only for benchmark comparison
purposes.
+// Production code should use the constructors from NewInt32Dictionary(),
NewInt64Dictionary(),
+// NewFloat32Dictionary(), etc. which use xxh3-based implementations from
internal/hashing.
+// Benchmarks show the xxh3 implementations are 2-3x faster than these Go
map-based
+// approaches, with better memory characteristics and more predictable
performance
+// across different data distributions.
+//
+// These implementations will be removed in a future release.
{{range .In}}
{{if and (ne .Name "ByteArray") (ne .Name "FixedLenByteArray") (ne .Name
"Float64") (ne .Name "Boolean")}}
