tustvold commented on code in PR #3325: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow-rs/pull/3325#discussion_r1045851803
########## parquet/src/bloom_filter/mod.rs: ########## @@ -195,17 +196,69 @@ impl Sbbf { fn write_bitset<W: Write>(&self, mut writer: W) -> Result<(), ParquetError> { for block in &self.0 { for word in block { - writer.write_all(&word.to_le_bytes()).map_err(|e| { - ParquetError::General(format!( - "Could not write bloom filter bit set: {}", - e - )) - })?; + let pointer: *const u8 = (word as *const u32) as *const _; + let bytes: &[u8] = Review Comment: NGL it is kind of disappointing that LLVM isn't able to automatically make this optimization, I will have a play and see if I can get it to do the correct thing ########## parquet/src/bloom_filter/mod.rs: ########## @@ -195,17 +196,69 @@ impl Sbbf { fn write_bitset<W: Write>(&self, mut writer: W) -> Result<(), ParquetError> { for block in &self.0 { for word in block { - writer.write_all(&word.to_le_bytes()).map_err(|e| { - ParquetError::General(format!( - "Could not write bloom filter bit set: {}", - e - )) - })?; + let pointer: *const u8 = (word as *const u32) as *const _; + let bytes: &[u8] = + unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(pointer, mem::size_of::<u32>()) }; + if cfg!(target_endian = "big") { + Self::write_all_for_big_endian(&mut writer, bytes)?; Review Comment: Could we just use `word.to_le_bytes()` here, I imagine it will be faster than the code below and is certainly less code -- 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: github-unsubscr...@arrow.apache.org For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org