[C++][Python] Allow pyarrow.compute.mode to include null count
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Component: Python
Type: enhancement
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Description
### Describe the enhancement requested
There is a `skip_nulls` argument to dictate whether nulls should make the result null or be skipped, but it would be potentially be useful for `mode` to return whether null was a mode of the dataset
### Component(s)
Python
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Research direction
Start with the Python component and the pyarrow.compute.mode entry point, then trace how its skip_nulls argument currently affects the result. Check the existing mode behavior and tests before deciding where the null count belongs. Done means mode can report whether null is a dataset mode while retaining the documented skip_nulls behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, python
- Domain
- data
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100