comphead commented on code in PR #12356:
URL: https://github.com/apache/datafusion/pull/12356#discussion_r1747371020
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datafusion/functions/src/unicode/character_length.rs:
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@@ -99,18 +99,30 @@ fn character_length(args: &[ArrayRef]) -> Result<ArrayRef> {
}
}
-fn character_length_general<'a, T: ArrowPrimitiveType, V: ArrayAccessor<Item =
&'a str>>(
+fn character_length_general<'a, T: ArrowPrimitiveType, V: StringArrayType<'a>>(
array: V,
) -> Result<ArrayRef>
where
T::Native: OffsetSizeTrait,
{
- let iter = ArrayIter::new(array);
+ // String characters are variable length encoded in UTF-8, counting the
+ // number of chars requires expensive decoding, however checking if the
+ // string is ASCII only is relatively cheap.
+ // If strings are ASCII only, count bytes instead.
Review Comment:
👍
That sounds simple and efficient
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