Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.
I'm trying to use the arrow row format in DataFusion. For that it would be helpful to know early (read: before piping any actual payload through physical execution) if a certain data type is supported by the row format or not.
Describe the solution you'd like
RowConverter::new should check supported types and return a Result<> if types are not supported. RowConverter::convert_{columns,rows} should never bail out due to unsupported types.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Piping some one-row payload through the converter to check if the types would be supported. This seems to be a hack though.
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Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.
I'm trying to use the arrow row format in DataFusion. For that it would be helpful to know early (read: before piping any actual payload through physical execution) if a certain data type is supported by the row format or not.
Describe the solution you'd like
RowConverter::newshould check supported types and return aResult<>if types are not supported.RowConverter::convert_{columns,rows}should never bail out due to unsupported types.Describe alternatives you've considered
Piping some one-row payload through the converter to check if the types would be supported. This seems to be a hack though.
Additional context
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