apache / apache/arrow-nanoarrow
Windows issue with negative decimals
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Description
Not sure if this is a nanoarrow issue or with the PyArrow export, but figured I'd start here.
When consuming an array like this:
```python
schema = pa.schema([("col", pa.decimal128(38, 10))])
tbl = pa.Table.from_arrays([
pa.array(["1234567890.123456789", "-99876543210.987654321",])
], schema=schema)
```
and using `ArrowDecimalAppendDigitsToBuffer` in nanoarrow, it seems like negative values on windows only are not properly represented.
I created an "MRE" for this in this library:
https://github.com/WillAyd/capsule_testing/tree/739bc608b96101ada424ef6d9736e2dfffcc2f11
You can see the issue for Windows in CI logs:
https://github.com/WillAyd/capsule_testing/actions/runs/10482665140/job/29034136906#step:4:358
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Research direction
Start with ArrowDecimalAppendDigitsToBuffer and the linked capsule_testing MRE, then compare its Windows CI output with the expected negative decimal values. Reproduce the issue on Windows and trace the decimal formatting path; done means negative decimals are represented correctly there without changing the existing positive-value behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100