vaibhawvipul commented on code in PR #627:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion-comet/pull/627#discussion_r1676111480
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native/core/src/execution/datafusion/expressions/cast.rs:
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@@ -500,19 +500,27 @@ impl Cast {
let to_type = &self.data_type;
let array = array_with_timezone(array, self.timezone.clone(),
Some(to_type))?;
let from_type = array.data_type().clone();
-
- // unpack dictionary string arrays first
- // TODO: we are unpacking a dictionary-encoded array and then
performing
- // the cast. We could potentially improve performance here by casting
the
- // dictionary values directly without unpacking the array first,
although this
- // would add more complexity to the code
let array = match &from_type {
DataType::Dictionary(key_type, value_type)
if key_type.as_ref() == &DataType::Int32
&& (value_type.as_ref() == &DataType::Utf8
|| value_type.as_ref() == &DataType::LargeUtf8) =>
{
- cast_with_options(&array, value_type.as_ref(), &CAST_OPTIONS)?
+ let dict_array = array
+ .as_any()
+ .downcast_ref::<DictionaryArray<Int32Type>>()
+ .expect("Expected a dictionary array");
+
+ let casted_dictionary = DictionaryArray::<Int32Type>::new(
+ dict_array.keys().clone(),
+ self.cast_array(dict_array.values().clone())?,
+ );
+
+ let casted_result = match to_type {
+ DataType::Dictionary(_, _) =>
Arc::new(casted_dictionary.clone()),
Review Comment:
awaiting @viirya 's comment before making any change.
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