ClickHouse / ClickHouse/clickhouse-rs

Support BFloat16 data type (24.11)

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1.0 blocker client feature parity enhancement
Dominant language
Rust
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Description

See https://clickhouse.com/docs/sql-reference/data-types/float#bfloat16

Perhaps via https://crates.io/crates/half

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the ClickHouse BFloat16 data-type documentation and inspect the half crate linked in the issue. Determine the client surfaces that must represent and encode or decode this type, then add coverage for the supported behavior. Done means the client can handle ClickHouse BFloat16 data consistently.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
database
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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