Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.
A VariantArray represents a list of Variant values. While it's internal layout is columnar, this detail is largely irrelevant to end users.
Currently, Variant impls PartialEq, but VariantArray does not. This makes it cumbersome to compare 2 arrays of variants for equality in user code:
https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-variant/blob/8081efc03ca6f3199a40dfbf0f9133e43adaaedd/src/shared.rs#L131-L165
Describe the solution you'd like
impl PartialEq for VariantArray
Additional context
This feature is motivated by datafusion-variant, a higher-level library that integrates with Datafusion through a series of udfs
Related: #8609
Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.
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VariantArrayrepresents a list ofVariantvalues. While it's internal layout is columnar, this detail is largely irrelevant to end users.Currently,
VariantimplsPartialEq, butVariantArraydoes not. This makes it cumbersome to compare 2 arrays of variants for equality in user code:https://github.com/datafusion-contrib/datafusion-variant/blob/8081efc03ca6f3199a40dfbf0f9133e43adaaedd/src/shared.rs#L131-L165
Describe the solution you'd like
impl PartialEq for VariantArrayAdditional context
This feature is motivated by datafusion-variant, a higher-level library that integrates with Datafusion through a series of udfs
Related: #8609