[JS] Support Decimal type with 256 bits of precision
Open
Type: enhancement
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 112
- Forks
- 23
- Avg merge
- 21h 18m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 8
Description
The specification now supports it and there are basic implementations in C++/Java
**Reporter**: [Micah Kornfield](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-10603) / @emkornfield
**Note**: *This issue was originally created as [ARROW-10603](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARROW-10603). Please see the [migration documentation](https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/14542) for further details.*
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing the specification and the basic C++ and Java implementations mentioned in the issue, then inspect how decimal types are represented in the arrow-js TypeScript codebase. Done means the JavaScript implementation supports Decimal values with 256 bits of precision.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100