tustvold opened a new issue, #2433: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/issues/2433
**Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.** <!-- A clear and concise description of what the problem is. Ex. I'm always frustrated when [...] (This section helps Arrow developers understand the context and *why* for this feature, in addition to the *what*) --> `GenericColumnReader::skip_records` always calls to `PageReader::peek_next_page`. If the file doesn't have an OffsetIndex or this hasn't been loaded, this will result in an error. **Describe the solution you'd like** <!-- A clear and concise description of what you want to happen. --> I would like some mechanism for GenericColumnReader to fallback to decoding the level data from the page and using this to skip decoding. This may require adding a `PageReader::has_page_metadata() -> bool` or something similar. Not only would this avoid needing to know ahead of time if index information is available before pushing down `RowFilter`, etc... but would also allow these APIs to work even for files without a PageIndex - as just decoding the levels will still be significantly faster than also decoding the values **Describe alternatives you've considered** <!-- A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered. --> **Additional context** <!-- Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here. --> FYI @Ted-Jiang -- 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]
